Paw Patrol Rocky, cartoons, paw patrol, png 550x510px 46.98KB.Paw Patrol character, Puppy Rocky Balboa Dog, paw patrol, animals, fictional Character, cartoon png 536圆04px 253.95KB.Paw Patrol Rock, Puppy Dog Rocky Mongrel, paw patrol, animals, fictional Character, action Figure png 1585x2000px 502.4KB.There are, after all, worse things out there for your child to watch. Because as much as I dislike the cheap-looking animation, incessant repetition, and complete absence of personality in Adventure Bay, at least the show depicts people being kind to one another.
Perhaps, like Kennedy, I’m overthinking Paw Patrol. Perhaps the characters will realize that they made a mistake, or come to the conclusion that some people are just a bit difficult, but worth befriending - think Oscar the Grouch, or Eeyore, the clinically depressed donkey.īut Paw Patrol doesn’t care to show its characters navigate the treacherous landscape of friendship it just wants to sell toys to your children, and has figured out a formula that will engage them, time and time again. I can certainly see the appeal in the fantasy, but there’s also something vaguely depressing about it in children’s media, the point of friends fighting is that they eventually make amends, and understand why the conflict arose. And in the playground, that’s just not true. To be fair, that also describes many superhero stories, but at least superheroes tend to have strongly defined personalities, and conflicts within the team Paw Patrol depicts a world where your friends will never let you down, or hurt you in any way, whatsoever. In the world of Paw Patrol, good characters are always nice and bad characters are always naughty, and the only source of conflict comes from interactions between the two. In fact, every single character in the titular team has the exact same personality the pups differ in appearance and theme, but I couldn’t name a single character trait that describes any of them, other than “helpful.” In contrast, Paw Patrol never shows Ryder and his team of pups disagreeing about anything, ever. Really, it’s a melodramatic soap opera starring sentient trains.Īnd to be honest, I really like that about Thomas, because it (presumably) teaches children that in the real world, people have a great deal of trouble getting along and reaching a common goal, because their personalities and values are constantly coming into conflict with one another, despite their best intentions. The most amusing thing about Thomas and Friends is the title, because the trains all kind of hate each other, and are constantly gossiping and arguing, their personal conflicts fueling the plot of most episodes.
It’s the small-scale stuff that’s important, rather than the big picture.īut when it comes to character interactions, Paw Patrol presents a strange, distorted view of the world. There’s already been great articles written about the dystopian undercurrent of Thomas and Friends.īut then, I lightened up, and came to the conclusion that while overthinking children’s media is fun, children are (most likely) absorbing the interactions between characters, rather than the insidious implications of the plot, or setting.
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The series Thomas and Friends goes out of its way to push the notion that every individual should dedicate themselves to their labor, to obey the demands of their corporate overlords, to a rather unhealthy degree. Before my eldest became enamored with Paw Patrol, he was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine, and I used to find Thomas’ fixation on being a “really useful engine” somewhat sinister.
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