PAW Patrol

I have been watching this with my daughter for a while and after 3 or 4 seasons this is what i sorted out of what's going on... There is this insane rich orphan kid called Ryder that uses his family money to buy (make?) this huge modified vehicles, like super trucks and crazy planes, this in order to save a city from the evil schemes of the monopoly top hat old guy and a bunch of innocent cats, in order to fight crime this kid uses some mutant dogs (that probably were victims of Ryder paranormal experiments ) that can drive cars and planes with their minds.... People in the City are completely brainless and are always doing stupid things ending up in a complete mess that can be sorted out only by Paw Patrol.... I will give this 5 stars and check some more seasons in order to try to discover Who were Ryder missing parents and how did they got loaded with money.

PAW Patrol Is A Very Cute Show! The Pups Are Really Adorable And Have Interesting Personalities! And Most Of The Episodes (Especially In The Earlier Seasons) Have This Almost Magical Feel To Them! Where The Characters Are Very Nice And Kind, But Never To The Point Where It Becomes Annoying. The Only Real Thing I Can Call Close To A Gripe With The Show Is, As The Series Went On, There Became A Little Bit Too Many Episodes Realting To The Shows Villan Mayor humdinger. And I Guess Seeing Merchandise For It Everywhere Is A Little Considering. But Other Than Those Very Minor Nitpicks, The Show Is Awesome! Sure It's Not For Everyone. But For Me, This Truly Is A 10/10!

Just saying ! Generally a fun show for the kids just some of the cast seem to go from kids to middle aged ...

My 4-year old has graduated from Gecko's Garage (his favourite when 2 years old), Peppa Pig (when 3) to now Paw Patrol.

It's been fun to follow this progression with him, and especially now I can see him enjoy some real adventure-storytelling: epic calamities & fantastic rescues with a well-written cast of likeable heroes. It's never too scary, but has enough jeopardy to make it the first 'exciting' thing this 4-year old has watched. He loves the problem-solving nature and it's seeping nicely into real-life, for example when he's got a conundrum when building his tracks he'll stand up excitedly and proclaim: "I have an idea!".

The stories are solid, the support cast are fun (the two Mayors add a lot of character) and the 3D CGI-graphics don't get tiresome.

I try to watch episodes with him, it's good to talk together about what's happening. But as fellow parents know it's nice to take the time-out and do something 'child-free' for a bit. I make sure he watches only full episodes (or one of the feature-length titles) so he gets the full narrative experience.

Warning: don't look for this on Youtube: there's no full episodes, just randomly-edited long compilations and unofficial troll-made content with adult themes. Amazon Prime should have full episodes, as well as other reliable sites out there, tho' I recommend having an adblocker on. DVDs are hard to find here in Europe.

While some of the reviews obvious anger at a kid's show having talking dogs is entertaining, the fact is no show was watched more at my mom's day home, because it grabbed the kid's attention more than anything. The same was true for my younger family members when they were younger. Because I was often babysitting tried to get them to watch kids shows that I liked as a kid like SpongeBob but in the end the kids always circled back to PAW Patrol. The show does exactly what it should, no more, no less. And heck, there were even a few rare gems where I had to chuckle. Are you, as an adult gonna enjoy? No. Well, probably not. Will your kid eat it up? Yes; and that's what matters.