The premise of the show: a group of exotic pets in a day-care/pet shop and a teenage girl that goes Dr.Dolittle-mode that cares for them. You might think 'how more stupid can it get?' and yet, they pulled it off ingeniously.
To understand why this series is so good, you have to read between the lines. Then you can see that this series in fact heavily (and subtly) borrows Alice in Wonderland-themes. Not just by the fact that the dumbwaiter is the rabbit hole, but also because of the villains of the show; they are two rich high school girls by the names of Whitney and Britney who are in fact a combination of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb characters with the evil queen of hearts. The best element, however, is that they used literary nonsense in the series, and it worked out amazing. Here is a link if you want to read more about that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_nonsense
So, when it comes down to it, comparing this series to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is absurd. It would be like comparing Narnia to Alice in Wonderland.
The characters are also nicely written. The main character Blythe Baxter, who for unknown reasons can talk to animals, is a well- defined characters that loves fashion and has her own faults, failings and habits. The same goes for every single pet in the pet shop.
That does not mean, however, that this series is without failings. It is never discussed where Blythe's mother is or even if she is still alive. Then there is the fact that nobody ever develops its character, despite the fact that the series gave them many reasons to. This especially goes for Whitney and Britney. It makes the conflicts in the series lose their value.
But other than that, I conclude here that this is the best series at the moment that DHX Media produces. This is 1) because MLP has gone downhill rapidly over the course of 2013 and 2014 with season 4 and that incredibly painful and destructive Equestria Girls movie and 2) because Pound Puppies as is, despite being a nice series, is still weaker than this show.
So, I really recommend for you to let your child watch this. It's a nice series with interesting stories and meaningful characters.
A pity though that, as with a lot of Hasbro's toys, the toys of course have nothing to do with the series.
To understand why this series is so good, you have to read between the lines. Then you can see that this series in fact heavily (and subtly) borrows Alice in Wonderland-themes. Not just by the fact that the dumbwaiter is the rabbit hole, but also because of the villains of the show; they are two rich high school girls by the names of Whitney and Britney who are in fact a combination of Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb characters with the evil queen of hearts. The best element, however, is that they used literary nonsense in the series, and it worked out amazing. Here is a link if you want to read more about that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_nonsense
So, when it comes down to it, comparing this series to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is absurd. It would be like comparing Narnia to Alice in Wonderland.
The characters are also nicely written. The main character Blythe Baxter, who for unknown reasons can talk to animals, is a well- defined characters that loves fashion and has her own faults, failings and habits. The same goes for every single pet in the pet shop.
That does not mean, however, that this series is without failings. It is never discussed where Blythe's mother is or even if she is still alive. Then there is the fact that nobody ever develops its character, despite the fact that the series gave them many reasons to. This especially goes for Whitney and Britney. It makes the conflicts in the series lose their value.
But other than that, I conclude here that this is the best series at the moment that DHX Media produces. This is 1) because MLP has gone downhill rapidly over the course of 2013 and 2014 with season 4 and that incredibly painful and destructive Equestria Girls movie and 2) because Pound Puppies as is, despite being a nice series, is still weaker than this show.
So, I really recommend for you to let your child watch this. It's a nice series with interesting stories and meaningful characters.
A pity though that, as with a lot of Hasbro's toys, the toys of course have nothing to do with the series.