Like in virtually every show aimed towards little kids, the girls are heroic, the boys foolish. The girls save the day. I don't mind that the girls save the day, every once in a while, but for them to always do it and the male characters to always lag behind is a pity. Like there's Barbie movies too in which Barbie saves the day and is portrayed as competent and heroic, whereas Ken is a borderline idiot who kisses the ground she walks on and always gets in trouble. A lot of kids shows are like this. The father figures are weak, the mother figures all-knowing.
In Peppa Pig, specifically, the father of Peppa is an engineer. He has blue prints lying around the house and everything, has an office, works hard, is a pillar of the community, and yet he's constantly made fun of and used as the butt of jokes because he's a bit fat. It's kinda lame and gives a terrible example. Meanwhile "Mommy Pig" is awesome and pretty much flawless. The whole thing is pretty insidious.
From an early age it sends a message of girls being empowered, but how about the little boys? Like sure there's still superhero movies but those are aimed at a little older audience, plus all those superheroes are usually genetically mutated in some way and unrealistically handsome, so few kids would identify with them.
[–]pilaf2214 points15 points16 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Amazing World of Gumball
[–]Mecha_Hobbit8 points9 points10 points (2 children) | Copy Link
Netflix:. Lost in Space
Guaranteed to make a RP Man go postal.
[–]Vaxel006 points7 points8 points (0 children) | Copy Link
God I hated that show.
[–]I_Have_An_8in_Penis1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
I logged in just to say, that; that bitch needed to shut up. If only you could slap people through the screen, I would have slapped her a million times.
[–]Satyricon65 points6 points7 points (0 children) | Copy Link
The Simpsons, King of Queens, Home Improvement, Family Guy... The list goes on.
[–]piedmont786 points7 points8 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Every nick and nick jr. Show
[–]Staircase19785 points6 points7 points (1 child) | Copy Link
Why is the daddy naughty? Even my son started calling me Naughty Daddy every time I did something wrong.
[–]MarriedZombie2 points3 points4 points (4 children) | Copy Link
Ant man and the wasp.. 3 bad arse female lead characters and antman was a stupid bumbling idiot. MCU has gone down the shitter.
[–]Belrick_NZ2 points3 points4 points (3 children) | Copy Link
thor ragnorok.
star wars the last jedi
[–]siege3420 points1 point2 points (2 children) | Copy Link
Thor is the only one I will actually defend. It was actually really funny and the woman actually had some character development/flaws.
[–]Belrick_NZ1 point2 points3 points (1 child) | Copy Link
every female was greater than every male incl thor
every male was a bumbling idiot. every female was uber
[–]siege3420 points1 point2 points (0 children) | Copy Link
At the risk of being downvoted, I don’t think every female character in a movie is a problem. I have a problem with them being Mary Sues like In the Last Jedi. The women in Ragnarok actually had some flaws and backstory. Like the Valkory (can’t remember her name), she was a drunk who was haunted by past battles. If she was just a bad ass strong womanTM that was there to save the men, then I would have had more of an issue with her.
[–]whurwelf 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
It's in every commercial too
[–]chris9407 1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
I wondered if I was the only one who thought that about that character. I only know because my son happens to like it and asks for the show by name. I specifically pointed out to his older brother(16) that the reason I didn't like the show was because the dad is portrayed as extremely incompetent.
[–]laptopdragon1 point2 points3 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Hunter X Hunter
watch the very 1st episode from the original series (circa 1999 i think) and then the rest 2-160(ish) from 2009 .
epic story for all ages.
basically the story of how a man becomes a man.