Vegeta would logically be more popular as he was in a show that people remember vividly.
Pingu, on the other hand, was a penguin who didn't really say much
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Mario is definitely far more famous than Pingu.
Pingu is more famous than Justain Bieber
Peter Griffin is more famous than Pingu
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