First of all, a police force hiring a former member as a contractor who’s now on medical disability for having a mental break and severe regression in his OCD is super problematic but also the lousy portrayal of what OCD is definitely pushed back public understanding of OCD by at least a decade
Shawn Spencer is an even worse example. He literally was trained by his detective dad to be an amazing detective, he then ends up contracting with the police force to do detective work while actively damaging evidence in his wacky “psychic visions” he causes members of the police force to believe in mystic pseudoscience because “this psychic detective is amazing, obviously other mystical workers are just as incredible at what they do!”, he causes the police force to directly pay a psychic contractor. And let’s be real, his motive is primarily trying to get with Detective Lassator’s partner who at worst puts up with his antics and at best is vaguely amused by him
The entire show is written so lazily it’s just another form of slop. I have a paw patrol book we got at a garage sale where one windmill at a windmill farm stops spinning because one of the blades broke causing a power outage, so they use a surf board as a replacement blade and the day is saved. Literally not how any of this works and they could’ve spent 5 minutes researching windmills and made an actually educational story but instead they went for slop.
Y’know how they could’ve written it to be more educational? Maybe one of the windmills had a motor issue and the power flickered due to the frequency being off, so they first go to the substation and switch off the power flow from the wind farm to just pull in from other sources, then they repair the windmill motor then restore the connection from the wind farm. Its still lazy, it doesn’t teach much but it at least doesn’t teach kids that if they see a stopped windmill to panic that there will be a power outage.
There’s also literally an episode where the paw patrol gang influences an election. The villain was set to win the local election so the paw patrol gang goes into an advertising blitz to drown out the bad guy’s underdog (hehe) campaign but it’s all okay because the Right Person won the election! I saw this one while my kids were spending time with their trump voting grandparents
Every time my daughter asks for Paw Patrol I say “nope we’re not watching copaganda” and I look forward to whenever she repeats that to people. When the kids are older I’ll probably explain to them about slop vs quality shows. Like, I’ve learned things from the kids watching Curious George, like what should and shouldn’t go into compost bin or to just use a pair of pliers when driving a nail so you don’t risk hitting your fingers. I want my kids watching shows that actually help them understand the real world, not just slop that’s made to mesmerize them with pretty colors and catchy lines then turns around to sell them a line of merch
Dude, if you look at Zootopia objectively, remove all the personal connections and relationships to the characters… (spoilers ahead)
Judy was hired through a DEI-type program (assistant mayor Bellweather mentioned something about a “mammal inclusion initiative” that got her hired), which is normally a good thing, but they kind of play it like that’s the only reason she got a shot at being a cop. Bunnies aren’t cops in this world. The police academy was specifically designed for larger, more powerful mammals. Judy had to circumvent traditional training protocol and use her cadets’ power and size to assist her in order to graduate.
She goes off-book on her first day. Chases a supposed criminal, causing all sorts of mayhem and damage across town. Insubordination against her boss. But she doesn’t get fired, thanks to her political connections.
When she’s given a high-profile case to work (again, thanks to connections with the assistant mayor), with no resources to access, she partners with a known shifty scam artist off the street. Blackmails him with tax fraud to cooperate (instead of turning him in). Coerces him to climb a fence so she’d have “probable cause” to investigate the area without a warrant. Basically finding loopholes to circumvent official processes.
She also manages to become part of the family in the local mafia. After a single visit to the mafia, she becomes the godmother of the mob boss’ granddaughter. She even uses them later to intimidate a witness to make him talk. Literally threatens to murder the suspect if he doesn’t talk!
Then there’s the fact that she single-handedly caused the fall of two separate regimes! First, she takes down the mayor for kidnapping predators, then she takes out the next mayor for causing predators to “go savage.”
Then she gets the shifty scam artist hired into the police force as her new partner!
From an outside perspective, she’s an extremely crooked cop that abuses her position, uses political connections to get her way, makes exceptions for criminals to gain access to police resources, and violates the rights of citizens. ACAB definitely applies to Judy.
Seriously if anyone has kids, have them watch some of the shows on PBS Kids. Most are far less annoying than the slop Disney’s been producing for the 2-6 age group, and all are far more educational.
Like, Daniel tiger is annoying but at least teaches good stuff (I’ve literally referenced it while teaching my kids something to help reinforce), but there’s some really good shows on there like Molly from Denali, Alma’s Way, Hero Elementary, Wild Krats, and Carl the Collector. Better paced, better animation and a million times better writing, plus they all happen to be shows from different human perspectives than just a random talking mouse or talking dog teaching a corporate-approved malaise
That too! I honestly enjoyed all 6 of the Curious George movies! The Molly from Denali movie was pretty cool too (at one point the mom who flies a small plane professionally has to explain that she isn’t qualified to fly the helicopter into the blizzard to save a friend who’s trapped on the mountain!)
acab includes paw patrol
Does ACAB include former-detective Monk and Shawn Spencer?
self-indulgent answer
First of all, a police force hiring a former member as a contractor who’s now on medical disability for having a mental break and severe regression in his OCD is super problematic but also the lousy portrayal of what OCD is definitely pushed back public understanding of OCD by at least a decade
Shawn Spencer is an even worse example. He literally was trained by his detective dad to be an amazing detective, he then ends up contracting with the police force to do detective work while actively damaging evidence in his wacky “psychic visions” he causes members of the police force to believe in mystic pseudoscience because “this psychic detective is amazing, obviously other mystical workers are just as incredible at what they do!”, he causes the police force to directly pay a psychic contractor. And let’s be real, his motive is primarily trying to get with Detective Lassator’s partner who at worst puts up with his antics and at best is vaguely amused by him
In regards to paw patrol, I feel that
The entire show is written so lazily it’s just another form of slop. I have a paw patrol book we got at a garage sale where one windmill at a windmill farm stops spinning because one of the blades broke causing a power outage, so they use a surf board as a replacement blade and the day is saved. Literally not how any of this works and they could’ve spent 5 minutes researching windmills and made an actually educational story but instead they went for slop.
Y’know how they could’ve written it to be more educational? Maybe one of the windmills had a motor issue and the power flickered due to the frequency being off, so they first go to the substation and switch off the power flow from the wind farm to just pull in from other sources, then they repair the windmill motor then restore the connection from the wind farm. Its still lazy, it doesn’t teach much but it at least doesn’t teach kids that if they see a stopped windmill to panic that there will be a power outage.
There’s also literally an episode where the paw patrol gang influences an election. The villain was set to win the local election so the paw patrol gang goes into an advertising blitz to drown out the bad guy’s underdog (hehe) campaign but it’s all okay because the Right Person won the election! I saw this one while my kids were spending time with their trump voting grandparents
Every time my daughter asks for Paw Patrol I say “nope we’re not watching copaganda” and I look forward to whenever she repeats that to people. When the kids are older I’ll probably explain to them about slop vs quality shows. Like, I’ve learned things from the kids watching Curious George, like what should and shouldn’t go into compost bin or to just use a pair of pliers when driving a nail so you don’t risk hitting your fingers. I want my kids watching shows that actually help them understand the real world, not just slop that’s made to mesmerize them with pretty colors and catchy lines then turns around to sell them a line of merch
ACAB includes the Zootopia rabbit
Dude, if you look at Zootopia objectively, remove all the personal connections and relationships to the characters… (spoilers ahead)
Judy was hired through a DEI-type program (assistant mayor Bellweather mentioned something about a “mammal inclusion initiative” that got her hired), which is normally a good thing, but they kind of play it like that’s the only reason she got a shot at being a cop. Bunnies aren’t cops in this world. The police academy was specifically designed for larger, more powerful mammals. Judy had to circumvent traditional training protocol and use her cadets’ power and size to assist her in order to graduate.
She goes off-book on her first day. Chases a supposed criminal, causing all sorts of mayhem and damage across town. Insubordination against her boss. But she doesn’t get fired, thanks to her political connections.
When she’s given a high-profile case to work (again, thanks to connections with the assistant mayor), with no resources to access, she partners with a known shifty scam artist off the street. Blackmails him with tax fraud to cooperate (instead of turning him in). Coerces him to climb a fence so she’d have “probable cause” to investigate the area without a warrant. Basically finding loopholes to circumvent official processes.
She also manages to become part of the family in the local mafia. After a single visit to the mafia, she becomes the godmother of the mob boss’ granddaughter. She even uses them later to intimidate a witness to make him talk. Literally threatens to murder the suspect if he doesn’t talk!
Then there’s the fact that she single-handedly caused the fall of two separate regimes! First, she takes down the mayor for kidnapping predators, then she takes out the next mayor for causing predators to “go savage.”
Then she gets the shifty scam artist hired into the police force as her new partner!
From an outside perspective, she’s an extremely crooked cop that abuses her position, uses political connections to get her way, makes exceptions for criminals to gain access to police resources, and violates the rights of citizens. ACAB definitely applies to Judy.
Yeah but when do we have sex with her?
What about rule 34 Zootopia rabbit?
Especially her
How bad?
Seriously if anyone has kids, have them watch some of the shows on PBS Kids. Most are far less annoying than the slop Disney’s been producing for the 2-6 age group, and all are far more educational.
Like, Daniel tiger is annoying but at least teaches good stuff (I’ve literally referenced it while teaching my kids something to help reinforce), but there’s some really good shows on there like Molly from Denali, Alma’s Way, Hero Elementary, Wild Krats, and Carl the Collector. Better paced, better animation and a million times better writing, plus they all happen to be shows from different human perspectives than just a random talking mouse or talking dog teaching a corporate-approved malaise
And lots of them have little jokes or nods to the adults too!
That too! I honestly enjoyed all 6 of the Curious George movies! The Molly from Denali movie was pretty cool too (at one point the mom who flies a small plane professionally has to explain that she isn’t qualified to fly the helicopter into the blizzard to save a friend who’s trapped on the mountain!)
friends don’t let friends raise their kids on the police state
All dogs go to heaven. Except the class traitors of paw patrol
Rin Tin Tin? :(
Paw Patrol is Copaganda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhUpu9MfZ0