I know, a 9/10 might be a bit to much for this show, it's probably worth a 7,5/10, but by golly first of all this show is my childhood and second of all, as I've seen for a lot of children shows that doesn't specifically target an adult audience, the overall rating of the show is way too low.
For a background, The Little Spirou is the adaptation of the comic book series by the same name from Tome and Janry, which started in 1987 and is still getting released today, compared to the show that lasted one season released in 2012, with 78 5-minutes episodes.
One thing that is noteworthy though is that the comic book is leaning way more towards the "all-audience" than the show, which is mainly educational for 7-12 years old, since the comic book tackles mature subject like sexuality, puberty etc, a path the TV show didn't choose to follow.
Instead each episode centers around a problem met by the main character, Little Spirou, and his friends Vert, Cassius and Masseur during their everyday life as primary schoolers. Each episode (most of the time) ends up having a morale: if Spirou tries to solve his problem doing something bad, he's gonna get punished, but if he gather up courage, kindness and/or honesty to solve them, he's getting rewarded, wether by his mom, teachers, or his girlfriend Suzette giving him a kiss on the cheek.
It was one of the show I watched the most growing up, definitely taught me a lot of stuff, and I re-watched the whole series as an 18-years old, and enjoyed it a lot! Because despite it being, once again, a show leaning towards the educational category, the characters are very well-written and enjoyable to follow. This would give anyone a feeling of nostalgia seeing these kids imagine that their school is invaded by aliens or that if they grow a hair they're gonna be laughed at by everyone.
Because yes, it's part of this shows charm: a lot of it is scenarios imagined by Little Spirou if he did on thing or the other to solve his problem. Just like his adult counterpart, he's all and all quite intelligent, and a very good friend overall (for many reasons, but let's just say he's never letting a friend down, which is not always the case the other way around).
Overall, it's not a flawless show, and I understand if adults don't want to spend their time watching 78 episodes of an educational show (there's only 20 episodes or a bit more in English anyway), but if you want to show your kid, it's available on YouTube for free, in French and English, so you have no reason to at least not take a look! I promise it's worth it.
(PS: I just find the fact he's wearing a full-as groom costume all the time and cares more about his hat than anything else super cute)
