VideoKids (also stylized as "Videokids") was a Dutch disco group that consisted of Peter Slaghuis and Bianca Bonelli. The music was created by Tony Acardi contrary to the belief that Peter and Bianca created the music, when in reality they only were arranged by Tony.
Their most famous songs are “Woodpeckers from Space”, and “Do the Rap”. These songs use the iconic character. They charted all over Europe and “Woodpeckers from Space” was used in the Pingu episode, "Pingu Looks After the Egg".
Hey! Hey man. Watch out! It's a tropepecker from space!
- The '80s: Their music, the videos, and the hairstyles of the members are this. This is done to the point of seeming like a parody of the 80s. Also, in “Do The Rap” they use record players and there are pinball machines.
- '80s Hair: Peter and Bianca have white 80s bobs.
- All There in the Manual: Zig-Zagged. Tico was never called this in the videos but there was a song named after him.
- Batman Can Breathe in Space: Peter, Bianca, and the pilots don’t wear helmets while flying their planes in space in “Woodpeckers From Space”.
- Bowdlerise: The band didn’t release “Woodpeckers from Space” in South Africa due to a political situation there, so a synthpop band, Cafe Society created a cover for the audience.
- Broken Record:
- What is said throughout its song is, “Woodpeckers from space. He he he HA HE!” and “Woodpeckers from space. Just can’t believe it! Woodpeckers from space! How do you do! He he he he he!”
- ”Tico Tico Tico tac! Tico Tico Tico tac!” In “Tico Tac” is said in every other line and lyric in “Tico Tac”.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: On the early issues of “Woodpeckers From Space”, Tico looks more gopher-like, has deep pink skin, wears yellow and blue overalls with buck teeth, has a yellow eyes, has a star and a moon on his helmet, and wears black boots. Once the music video for the song came out, this was changed to his final look, which is looking humanoid with white skin, wearing a yellow jumpsuit, and having an insect stinger.
- Friendly Enemy: Tico, the space pecker goes to a club with Peter and Bianca in the video for “Do the Rap” even though he tried to crash their spaceship in the video for “Woodpeckers from Space”.
- Hypnotic Eyes: Tico briefly gains these in “Woodpeckers From Space” attempting to hypnotize the flight crew.
- Informed Species: In “Woodpeckers from Space”, the line “I was looking at a space bird he was right in front of me!” when Tico, the “spacepecker” himself, is a humanoid alien.
- Karma Houdini: Tico never faces consequences for nearly destroying the band’s spaceship in “Woodpeckers from Space”.
- Left the Background Music On: In the video for “Do the Rap”, Tico slips on a record player accidentally, which stops the song. He laughs it off and suggests they play it again.
- Location Song: “Hollywood” is about the band travelling to the movie studios in the district in Los Angeles.
- Recycled Animation: In “Do the Rap” the animation of Tico drilling holes was visibly reused from the video for “Woodpeckers From Space”.
- Roger Rabbit Effect: The two music videos for “Woodpeckers from Space” and “Do the Rap” feature the animated Tico alongside the live-action scenes with Peter and Bianca.
- Short-Runner: They didn't last long as a group. This case is rather depressing as Peter and Bianca both died after this time in the 1980s.
- Space "X": “Woodpeckers from Space” is this with the character albeit different in species, appearance, and name.
- That's All, Folks!: Tico says this word-for-wrord in the end of the video of "Do the Rap".
- Writing Around Trademarks: Only the first half of Woody Woodpecker's laugh was used for Tico, who in itself was created to avoid being sued by Universal.