Roobarb Briers died, followed four days later by animator Godfrey. Roobarb is a green dog, and Custard is a pink cat. This is an inversion of the pudding (dessert) rhubarb crumble (pink) and egg custard (yellow). Roobarb is always involved in some kind of misadventure which he approaches with unbounded enthusiasm. Custard is cynical and sets out to sabotage Roobarb's fun. Which one comes out on top varies from episode to episode. Other characters in the series are the birds, who watch the antics of the other two from the safety of a nearby tree, often making snide remarks, and siding
A Dog of Flanders open. The next morning, the boy and his dog are found frozen to death in front of the triptych. The novel shares a reasonable notability in the United Kingdom and the United States of America and is extremely popular in South Korea, Japan and the Philippines, to the point where it is seen as a children's classic. It inspired film and anime adaptations, including the 1975 animated TV series "Dog of Flanders" which reached an audience of 30 million viewers on its first broadcast. In Belgium the story is more obscure. Only in 1987 did it receive a Dutch translation;