- Content: “The Pups Have Done It Again!”
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What You Need To Know:
PAW PATROL PUPS SAVE THANKSGIVING is a fun, animated adventure that kids can enjoy again and again. The animation is simple, but it is made on a TV budget, so it does not distract its entertaining storyline and cute characters. This special demonstrates a light moral and Christian worldview with the main characters saving and protecting others. Teamwork, loyalty, kindness, gratitude, and friendship are all extolled. Other than the mayor’s bad attitude, mild peril, and cartoon violence, there is nothing objectionable whatsoever. MOVIEGUIDE® commends the filmmakers for making a wholesome special for the whole family!
Content:
A light moral and Christian worldview with the main characters saving and protecting others. Teamwork, loyalty, kindness, gratitude, and friendship are all extolled with the main characters giving a gift to one of the characters and characters uplift another character with low self-esteem and tell him that he is an important part of the team;
No language;
None. Minor, mild cartoon violence, mild peril involving a character bouncing in a bounce house and injuring himself, but there is no blood, and another character falls on his face, but there is no blood;
No sex;
No nudity
No alcohol use;
None; and,
One of the characters has a bad attitude towards the main characters.
More Detail:
This 30-minute special is a compilation of episodes, starting with Paw Patrol saving the mayor inside the bouncing house. They each run for about five minutes, with all of the members of the Paw Patrol team saving different people who are in various degrees of mortal peril. They all use their different gadgets to accomplish their missions.
PAW PATROL PUPS SAVE THANKSGIVING is a fun, animated adventure that kids can enjoy again and again. The animation is simple, but it is made on a TV budget, so it does not distract its entertaining storyline and cute characters. Every Paw Patrol member has a role to play, and the story is very engaging for a younger audience. The writing makes the drama move fast, and every actor delivers a believable performance.
The episode does a grand job of showing that every character cares about the other. People will appreciate the segment where Marshall does something he usually does not do, and the other characters congratulate him rather than express jealousy. From Marshall’s perspective, he could have shown off, but he did not. And speaking of Marshall, when he has low self-esteem, he claims to always mess everything up. He heard his team members laughing at him. Without skipping a beat, all his friends on Team Paw Patrol assure him they are not talking about him, and Ryder tells him they would not be Paw Patrol without Marshall.
Another interesting aspect of the show is that every character, except Mayor Humdinger, is quite likable, which could be a problem because it portrays the main characters as flawless. However, the benefit is that children can see role models they can imitate to do good and show the importance of working together, which is a fantastic message. Even some adults will fall in love with the characters and breathe a sigh of relief that their kids can watch something clean without having to censor it.
This special demonstrates a light moral and Christian worldview with the main characters saving and protecting others. Teamwork, loyalty, kindness, gratitude, and friendship are all extolled, with the main characters giving a gift to one of their own and another character uplifting a character with low self-esteem, telling him that he is an integral part of the team. Other than the mayor’s bad attitude, mild peril, and cartoon violence, there is nothing objectionable whatsoever. MOVIEGUIDE® commends the filmmakers for making a wholesome special for the whole family!
