How do animals in the Peppa Pig universe work?

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨andros_rex@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨showerthoughts@lemmy.world⁩

I’m being currently subjected to a Peppa Pig marathon as I watch my nephew. They are visiting the zoo.

Some kinds of animals are clearly “people” - like Peppa and the zookeepers. But other animals are non speaking - animals. They showed non talking penguins eating fish - are fish not “people” either?

The zookeeper is a lion who confuses the teacher - some sort of gazelle - with a wildebeest as a running joke, which seems to suggest that he thinks of her as food.

Some of the jokes in this show seem targeted to adults, which makes no sense, as absolutely nothing in this show is watchable to anyone above the age of 4.

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thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Be glad you didn’t have to suffer through pingu or caillou. I often thought about starting the car in the garage with the door closed.

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- SassyRamen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Caillou is what North Korea uses to torture spies
  
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- lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I will not stand Pingu slander.
  
  Completely agree about Caillou though.
  
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  - T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Noot noot mother fucker
    
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- wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I’m a few years out from that age range, but Caillou, Ryan’s Toy Reviews, and motherfuckin’ Blippi made Peppa look like Shakespeare.
  
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- Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Neet neet !!
  
  I loved Pingu!
  
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- BorgDrone@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Adding this to the very, very, very long list of reasons never to have children.
  
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curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Put on Bluey.

Others to try:

Frog & Toad

Wild Kratts

Tumble Leaf

Interrupting Chicken

Shape Island

Jake & The Neverland Pirates

Not Quite Narwhal

Sago Mini Friends

Doc McStuffins

Duck & Goose

And dont put peppa back on.
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- OddMinus1@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I fully agree on putting on Bluey. It’s so good.
  
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  - pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    i love so so much that bluey is one of australia’s most influential exports
    
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realitista@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It may not be watchable but as a parent you end up watching it anyway. And Peppa is one of the better ones to be subjected to IMHO.

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- TexasDrunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Peppa isn’t as bad as shit like Caillou, but Bluey is the best one by a mile.
  
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  - realitista@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah I agree Bluey FTW.
    
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wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Some of the jokes in this show seem targeted to adults, which makes no sense, as absolutely nothing in this show is watchable to anyone above the age of 4.

Clearly you never saw the one where Peppa is a stone-cold bitch when she realizes everybody but her can whistle or learn within seconds.

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- andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  She got her teddy bear dirty, and was super rude at the “doll hospital.” What a spoiled brat.
  
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  - wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Oh, Peppa is a total asshat, but she’d generally have to eat shit in a way certain other kids’ animation asshats didn’t (coughcalilloucough). There was enough of old-school cartoon and comic strip tropes from Warner Brothers shorts and Peanuts that it wasn’t the worst show to endure.
    
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Archangel1313@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
How do gorillas, chimpanzees and humans all exist at the same time?

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- digger@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Never thought about it this way, but I really like this. I’ve tried to explain the difference between Goofy and Pluto to my kids on multiple occasions. This seems like a really easy way to put it.
  
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rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Some of the jokes ARE targeted at adults. For the weiters are perfectly aware that people like you will be watching it with little kids, at least on occasion. Throwing an occasional bone to an adult may be the difference between the child getting to watch the show and the adult ushering them off to something else.

As far as the who gets to be sentient and who doesn’t question: there’s probably not that much thought put into it. The writers sit around and spitball ideas at each other. They make a list of things that would be engaging for kids yet not too expensive to animate and not too long or complicated too make them lose interest. Someone probably said what about a trip to the zoo. When it came time to do the one for the zoo they said what animal should be in the zoo. What things interest children? Penguins, what do kids see them do with the penguins well they feed them. So now you need non-sentient penguins and non-sentient fish. I’m fairly certain they’re just trying to make it up as they go along and make sure they don’t alienate kids or parents too badly.

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FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
So you’re trying to apply logic to an animated kids show. My advice is: stop. It doesn’t matter. Cookie monster never eats a cookie either.

I like to imagine that all creators of kids shows were high as a kite when they came up with the premise. [Takes a massive hit] “Duuuude, they’re like a team of first responder dogs but they can fly helicopters and one is a cop. They’re like the Village People but dogs.” [Takes another hit] “And they can talk!” And thus Paw Patrol was born.

[Lights up spliff] “Oy, mate. 'ere’s the thing. She’s a cheeky one, this Peppa. And she’s a pig. 'Er 'ead’s always sideways. She’s always mucking about.” [Inhales deeply] “And all the other muppets are animals too. But get this: there are other animals.” [Exhales] “But they can’t talk.”

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- lemmyng@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  “Let’s make a show about monster trucks!”
  
  “Yeahhhh dude! But the main character needs a tagline, what should it be?”
  
  /lighting a fat one “Hehehehe… how about ‘let’s blaze!’?”
  
  “Hehehe… duuuuude… hehuehuehehe…”
  
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- shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Paw Patrol right on the money! 😆
  
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Etterra@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Jokes for adults that are in kids’ shows are an old trend. The logic behind it is that it’s there so the parents have something to laugh at too, since they’re forced to put up with it asking with their kids (usually).

Seriously, go back and watch the shows you used to like as a kid and you’ll see it. Animaniacs is a good example.

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- andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Animaniacs is actually good tho
  
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- XiberKernel@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Finger Prince? No thanks.
  
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- trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Speak for yourself, I enjoy watching Pepa and little kingdom more than my son ever did.
  
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  - Etterra@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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  - Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Mine loved Ben and Hollys Little Kingdom and Hey Duggee. Both of which us parents would have happily watched without them.
    
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Etterra@discuss.online ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The animals don’t “work” because they are valued team members that don’t work for us but rather contract with us while wearing Peppa Pig TM logos on their clothing.

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- andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It reminds me of hypnotoad. Went from bouncing off the wall, having sobbing on the floor meltdowns over the fact that my car is broken and demanding everything in the pantry to zonking out on the couch like a frat kid watching Koyaanisqatsi on his first edible.
  
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pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Animals is Peppa Pig get dumber as they age, and some become so dumb that the rest cage them or eat then. Peppa’s father is about 70% of his way there, already.

I joke. But on a serious note, there’s so many better children’s shows out there. I hope you manage to switch it up, before it becomes the favorite of any young people in your inner circle.

Some of the jokes in this show seem targeted to adults, which makes no sense, as absolutely nothing in this show is watchable to anyone above the age of 4.

Exactly. They don’t seem to know who the intended audience is.

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alehel@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It’s not aimed at adults, but I’m very grateful for the jokes they put in here and there for us.

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- wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Daddy Pig was pretty badass when the wolf family moved to town.
  
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CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve noticed that in most cartoons, anthropomorphized animals are in its own kingdom of life.

Hello Kitty is a gijinka, an anthropomorphism or personification of a Japanese Bobtail cat.[48][11][49]

This is used to explain why hello kitty has a pet cat herself.

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Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Clearly the people of peppa pig universe are some kind of human and animal hybrid. They are different than the regular animals.

Oh it’s watchable, just not for the sake of enjoyment.

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1234@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
It is called double-coding and it is targeted to you as the bored grown up.

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obey@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Amazing world of Gumball

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SassyRamen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The video here explains it clearly

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PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Don’t worry, this video will tell you everything you need to know.

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