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
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