''Mr. Hiccup'' is an

animated series An animated series, or a cartoon series, is a set of Animation, animated films with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series ...

created by Italtoons Corporation in 1983. The character and initial shorts were initially created by

Piero Angela Piero Domenico Angela (; 22 December 1928 – 13 August 2022) was an Italian Science journalism, science journalist, television host, and Essay, essayist, with a brief early professional career also as a jazz musician and pianist. He started ...

and

Bruno Bozzetto Bruno Bozzetto (born 3 March 1938) is an Italian cartoon animator and film director, creator of many short pieces, mainly of a Politics, political or Satire, satirical nature. He created his first animated short "Tapum! the weapons' story" in 19 ...

and developed into 39 three-minute episodes and several dozen shorts.

Plot

The series focuses on the life of Mr. Hiccup, who is a little man with a normal life, a normal job, a normal home, and one not-so-normal problem: chronic

hiccups A hiccup (scientific name singultus, from Latin for "sob, hiccup"; also spelled hiccough) is an involuntary contraction ( myoclonic jerk) of the diaphragm that may repeat several times per minute. The hiccup is an involuntary action involvi ...

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* Italian children's animated comedy television series Swiss animated television series Swiss children's television series 1983 animated television series debuts 1996 television series endings {{animation-tv-prog-stub Animated television series without speech