Les Frères Kratt

I really wanted to review this show. This review will be on the Wild Kratts. This show is about two brothers, Chris and Martin Kratt going on expeditions to explore animals and the wild. In many episodes the Kratt brothers use creature powers. This show is awesome and one of the best PBS Kids shows around even if it has a few problems.

The animation is really good. The character designs, the backgrounds and action scenes are really cool to look at. For instance the different habitats; like the African savanna and the North American temperate forest, the Wild Kratts crew end up in are well animated. The music is hit or miss; the background music and theme song are good. While the occasional songs are more mixed.

The writing is mostly good. The plots involving either rescuing animals, their habitat, saving Aviva's inventions are examples. Episodes can be about really well known animals like cheetahs, elephants and more; or they can be about lesser known animals like fossas, tarsiers and more. Aviva's inventions are also really cool like the creature power suits and discs. Some episodes are boring, but this show can be really funny like with the slapstick the Kratt brothers end up in.

The characters are mostly great. The main and best are the Kratt brothers (Chris and Martin) who are opposites of each other. Chris is the organized and calm brother who takes time to study animals. Martin is the more goofy brother who likes to have fun with the animals they meet. The other characters include Aviva: a smart inventor who has a lot of flaws but is likable. Koki: a sassy black woman who manages the tortuga's computers. Jimmy Z: who is a lazy eater but is the Tortuga's pilot. There is a negative review that says that Koki and Jimmy are useless, they are wrong.

The villains are mostly fun, even if they're not the best. A lot of people dislike Zach, but I like him for being funny (ex: "Mommy...GET IT OFF! Its icky feet are scratchy!") and his plans can be from turning animals into robots to stealing Aviva's inventions. There is also Donita (an animal fashion designer), Dabio (her dimwitted assistant) and Gourmand (an endangered animal chef). The characters I dislike are Paisley and Rex (flat villains whose only goals are paving and hating nature).

Wild Kratts is a cool show about cool creatures that still has some flaws. Some episodes are boring, newer seasons declining (there still good), not great songs, Paisley and Rex are flat and boring. Despite those problems, Wild Kratts is great for its animation, theme song and background music, episodes about animals and their habitats, inventions, humor, action and most of the characters. This show gets a 9/10.

I would also like to say that this show gets hiatuses a lot, especially now. But I'm patient.

I grew up watching Zaboomafo and Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter, but when Zaboomafo stoppped airing episodes and Steve Irwin passed away I was in a long period of darkness for fun entertaining animal shows. But one day my younger cousins introduced me to Wild Kratts and my life changed forever. After I saw the episode Platypus Cafe I did my best to catch up. The good thing was the show was in the middle of it's first season so I managed to catch up before season 2 arrived.

And I enjoyed every second of the show. It has beautiful animation, cool animals, great science topics, wonderful Wow facts, memorable characters(hilarious villains), great humor, great action, fun stories, creature power suits. It has a mix of everything I always loved as a kid and things that I still enjoy now.

First lets talk about the animation. The Kratt brothers have always said that there are somethings you just can't show in Nature. Which is why the animation is crucial to this show. It brings alive the animals and there habitats as well, and is able to show some things (Like the Sperm Whale vs Giant Squid) that you just can't show. And it's not wacky 2D animation or gloppy 3D animation it's such beautiful and a more realistic kind of 2D animation.

Now lets talk about the characters. We have Martin Kratt the emotional, excited and disorganized, but serious when needs be, brother and Chris Kratt the calm and organized, but still fun and intellectual brother. Both are fun and educational teachers in animation and live-action. They bring the energy to the education of the show and the show in general. And the creature power suits are awesome. Humans gaining the abilities of animals and using there special skills is something that always interested me. As for the other characters we have Aviva, the smart, head strong, optimistic, and competitive inventor who makes much of the Wild Kratts awesome technology, Koki, the coordinated, sassy, sometimes grumpy, communications expert and also helps with Aviva's inventions. And Jimmy Z, the lazy, nervous, but crafty pilot and teleporter of there big turtle ship the Tortuga. All of these characters are so fun to watch and all of them are funny.

But who might be funnier than the leads are the villains. Never have I seen villains so funny and so memorable in any environmental kids show or in a PBS Kids show. We have Zach Varmietech who is a arrogant and whiny robotics inventor and the main antagonist. He likes to turn animals into robots and try to best the Wild Kratt, sometimes by stealing there inventions. He's also got some awesome and funny Robots. We have Donita Donata who is an impatient and easily frustrated, animal fashion designer with her dim witted henchman Dabio. We have Chef Gaston Gourmand, a sly, clever and crafty chef who likes to cook up animals. And we have there most recent villain Paisley Paver, an organized, by the book, engineerer who paves animal homes with her energentic henchman Rex. All of these Villains make me laugh every time there on screen with there egos, there crazy schemes and there interactions with the Kratt Brothers. And when you put them all in the same room you just can't stop chuckling. Even though the voice acting for some of these characters isn't spot on they are still fun to watch.

And last but not least we have the educational value. There are things in this show I have never heard about and even some animals I never heard about until I came across this show like the Yeti Crab, Proboscis Monkey, Honey Badger, Immortal Jellyfish(Wait till season 4) All of these animals are presented so well and in a way that can educate children and adults. Many think that education and fun are natural enemies but that is completely bogus. The Kratt Brothers, Martin and Chris not only make learning fun but also makes engaging stories to go along with it. It provides a lot of education but never shys away from being creative. But that's just my opinion, watch this show for yourself and see if you, like me, can go Wild with Wild Kratts

An absolutely amazing, informational, and funny show.

My daughter loves this show and will watch it over and over again.

I love watching this show with her as well.

Sometimes I'll catch myself watching it even when she is not.

The Kratt brothers are very educational for children.

They help them understand about wild animals and how all animals deserve to be respected.

Each episode has its own quirky event going on that keeps children interested.

The moment my daughter hears them talking or their theme song, she's very excited and knows what's on.

I highly recommend this Wild Kratts!

I loved the Wild Kratts as a kid, and now my son gets to enjoy them too thanks to the series being available on streaming. Any kids show that encourages children to learn about and appreciate animals and nature is good in my book. The Wild Kratts however, have taken learning to a higher and more fun level by not only having the live action sets that we were used to growing up, by adding animated adventures centered around the animals that are the focus of the show. It keeps the kids more invested, and adds some humor and action to the series. The shows also recognizes the importance of every animal in the animal kidding, from lions to earthworms. Predators that go after some of the featured animals aren't vilified as you might expect them to be, because the Kratts know that they are all part of the animal kingdom. I definitely recommend this to kids of any age; there is plenty to enjoy and learn for the whole family.

I loved this show when I was a kid and watching it on Netflix brings back so many memories.