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Yeah, that was apparent with Paw Patrol, but the show itself isn't bad. Every episode is centered around helping people and working as a team. "Hey team, there's a problem, let's go fix it!" That's the core focus and messaging. The stories aren't about buying things. When kids emulate Paw Patrol, they're going on missions to solve problems and using the associated vehicles as tools. Which is what the pups do.

Unboxing and "loot haul" videos are a whole other thing and are absolute garbage, totally agree. It's especially gross when it's little kids as the "talent", being pushed by their parents. Buy a bunch of those eggs. Film their kid(s) opening them. Slap on some wacky editing and SFX. Upload. Just gross.

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I have a 3-year old, and he loves the Paw Patrol. When it comes to children's cartoons there are very few I can tolerate watching myself, but Paw Patrol isn't the worst.

As you say the themes are largely positive, there's a decent range of characters and locations, and usually he's happy to watch an episode a day.

But I do admit I find myself wondering far too much about the backstories! Where does all the technology come from? Who is Ryder? Is he a mad scientist? How did the Mayor get elected? Why does the other Mayor, of Foggy-Bottom, never actually spend time in his own town? And finally at what point (I guess I missed this episode) did the evil-cats become mirrors of the Paw Patrol?

(Also: Sea Patrol? What a crazy and impractial dock for the boat!)

Maybe I should take it less seriously.

The "STEM" in Blaze and the Monster Wheels annoys me much more than Paw Patrol. The errors in explaining friction (pushing does not slow things down until enough force is applied), cancelling sound by shouting louder, a general lack of units, badly explained electricity, the list goes on.

Seinfeld worried that they never justified his antipathy with Newman. But the audience just accepted it.

> Who is Ryder? Is he a mad scientist? How did the Mayor get elected?

These are all questions I have asked myself after the second or third consecutive Paw Pareol episode/story. I'd also ask why Adventure Bay has no leash law and why it would allow anyone to carry around a chicken as a pet (not to mention stored in a purse).

I still can't figure out how Mayor Goodway got elected unless either Adventure Bay has hereditary rule, or the producers are trying to prepare kids for the reality of government incompetence.

I recall an episode where the Mayor mentions her grandfather used to be the Mayor, there is a statute involved of him. So it seems nepotism is alive and well!

... and why are there two Mayors?

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