Pinecone & Pony

You never know with streamers these days, the tend to drop content without much of a fanfare and that's how I came upon this show on AppleTV+. Always looking for content for my 6-year old that is for his age, still engaging and most importantly positive - this show checks all the boxes. He was enthralled, and sings the theme song all the time now. Thanks Apple and Dreamworks for putting out something in the world that is encouraging kids to love one another and find the little warrior within. Highly recommended.

This will give you all of the feels. I laughed, I was caught up in the action, my eyes may have leaked a couple of times.

A perfect blend of Ms. Frizzle, Arthur and Just for Laughs- EVERYONE will enjoy Pinecone and Pony!!

The show is great over all. Lots of cute and hilarious moments and funny characters. However this show like many coming out in this era seek to make most of the male characters dummies (including Pinecone's father, the king) Homer Simpson-esque. A rather useless man. I have no issues with strong female roles. It's just a shame the creator and writers feel that means the males then must became useless rather than have them be equals.

Another thing to mention, although it's rated G, there are trans characters (or at least purposefully designed androgynous characters) which is just something to be aware of if you planned on having that sort of conversation about sex/gender with your child before they are exposed to that from a cartoon for 5-6 year olds. There's also depictions of single parents as well as gay couples. This is pretty standard in cartoons today but still something to consider when very young kids will be watching this. I feel the goal is clearly to normalize these things to kids before they even have a fighting chance to learn about the basics.

Its just a shame more parents either dont know or dont care that cartoons are being used more and more to preach to kids under the radar. Tv execs want to teach kids complex algebra formulas before theyve had a chance to learn basic addition and subtraction when it comes to these relationship lessons.

Again, its a funny show. But it injects a lot of social and political points if view not every parent may appreciate.

This show is funny and light hearted. My family loves it. I was surprised to see how low the numerical rating for the show is based on how lovable it feels.

The cast is identity diverse and it's never brought up as a thing; It just is. Even though it is never brought up/acknowledged just the idea of presenting non-traditional individuals is enough to lower the rating for some people. Please don't let the hateful biased reviews impede your ability to enjoy this show. My kids are not curious about questioning the gender of characters. Furthermore, no such questions are posed within the shows narratives.

We find the animation style charming and the writing is funny enough for us adults to enjoy. I whole heartedly recommend!

This show is adorable! The style is super cute and my nephews had so much fun watching it, highly recommend it for toddlers and small children when it's their for peaceful entertainment!