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Show: Caillou
Episode: S2 E17
Year: 2000

Writer(s): Jacques Bouchard, Helene Despeteaux
Director(s): Jean Pilotte

Yeah, I know Caillou is based on a popular children’s book series, and on some level, I can understand why it's lasted from 1997 to 2010, but this kid is just the worst! I know it's trying to be educational, and that it's meant for really little kids like 2-4 year olds, but guess what? So is Arthur! And that show has lasted 20 seasons for good reason! I get why some of the mind-numbing shows for toddlers like Dora the Explorer have lasted: they're just for the little ones and on some level, try to teach them early learning things like counting. I normally wouldn't go after a show like this for animated atrocities unless it was as well-crafted and smart as Arthur because with that show I expect a lot out of it where compared to Dora the Explorer, it's just dumb. Caillou, however, is just OBNOXIOUS!

From the very little I've seen of this show from YouTube Poops, this kid is a little brat even for a 4-year old! And yes, I have seen "Caillou Joins the Circus" in full; the Poops do it perfect justice! And this episode I've known of for quite some time as one of the most infamous and outright worst things in kids show history! Sure, it's not Mega Babies, but what I was given here was just terrible. This episode is so bad, it was BANNED from ever airing again because Caillou is a little monster! I just couldn't let this go, and what better way to start off 2017?

Most Caillou episodes don't even crack 5 minutes and are relatively simple, but that doesn't mean they can't be bad at all. This takes the new baby plot and just makes the jealous party completely rotten! Yeah, chronologically this is the first episode where Caillou's sister Rosie is born, even though book-wise Caillou didn't have his pet cat Gilbert until after Rosie was born. Speaking of, the book version of this story is actually kinda worse in regards to Caillou's behavior, but I'll save that for the end. Caillou becomes extremely jealous of Rosie the minute she's brought into the house because she's getting all the attention; this might not sound so bad, but the pacing in this show is kind of not very good. Like one minute Caillou really hates her, the next he loves her.

This kind of story shouldn't be handled in something shorter than 5 minutes due to these pacing issues; if this was more a half-hour special, I could see this working with better pacing and the lack of… well, I'll get to it. I'd say Caillou is just two to excuse his behavior, but no, that shit doesn't fly because of this! When his dad is getting a diaper, Caillou just climbs up to Rosie. At first, you're expecting a kiss on the cheek, but he PINCHES HER! Need I remind you Rosie is a NEWBORN BABY! A pinch might not hurt an adult, but on a newborn? It could cause permanent damage to the skin even if a little FUCK like Caillou does it! Just… look at his eyes during that scene! He looks like he's trying to kill his baby sister, and he's only two! Rosie's cry of pain sounds very real too, like exactly what I'd expect a newborn baby to sound like when they get hurt, so I SHUDDER to think what happened behind the scenes of this episode!

EVEN WORSE, Caillou's dad sees him doing this and does NOTHING ABOUT IT! If I had a kid and saw him do that to my new baby… well, I'm not saying I'd put him through the fucking wall or anything... But I'd sure as fuck get angry with him! Seriously, he doesn't even SCOLD Caillou for what he did! He could've permanently disfigured his own sister! This is why the episode is so hated, and why it got banned outright! I have no idea how much time passes in this 3-minute episode either because like I said: at first, Caillou seems to be jealous of Rosie, now he just wants a playmate? It could be a few weeks, it could be a day, I don't know! But that still doesn't excuse him for hurting this newborn!

Making it even worse, Caillou's father talks to him about how hard it must be to be a new brother, which doesn't really make any sense. Caillou clearly had the fullest intent of hurting his baby sister without giving a shit about their relationship. And I just LOVE how his mom lets her TWO-YEAR-OLD son hold a newborn baby right after he tried to disfigure her! Beyond that, you shouldn't let someone that young hold a baby because they could drop them. If I were a newborn baby, I'd be AFRAID of Caillou after what he did to me. That's seriously psychologically scarring what he did to her; Caillou essentially was her first experience with PAIN beyond the doctor. This isn't like the Sonic X series finale or The Fairly OddParents atrocity "It’s a Wishful Life" where you have to watch it a couple times to firmly grasp how bad it is; right from the start, I see Caillou as a little DEVIL!

With all that said, the book is actually much worse. In the book version of the story, Caillou BITES ROSIE! And this information alone makes me glad I never got into the series in any form (mainly because I was 6 when it first came out). The moral this thing teaches is actually very confusing all things considered about how to handle being a new older sibling, compared to The Rugrats Movie or virtually any Rugrats episode with Dil or Kimi that taught this thing much better. Yes, I'm ragging on a preschool show, what of it? Like so many, this has an adult fanbase believe it or not, is it really any surprise? To think this little chemo cue ball would grow up to be Saitama! This kid should be GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED FOR 1,234,567,891,011,121,314,151,617,181,920 years!

Cringe-Inducign Audio: 6
Cringe-Inducing Visuals: 4
Lackluster Writing: 8
Annoyance: 7
Disturbing Content: 7
Unnecessary Cruelty: 8
Rancid Morality: 5
Low Production Values: 0
Unfortunate Implications: 5
Character Derailment: ?

Final Score: 50/100

Caillou is owned by Elastic Rights, Clockwork Zoo and DHX Media.

Animated Atrocities is from

Regulas314

Description

Show: Caillou
Episode: S2 E17
Year: 2000

Writer(s): Jacques Bouchard, Helene Despeteaux
Director(s): Jean Pilotte

Yeah, I know Caillou is based on a popular children’s book series, and on some level, I can understand why it's lasted from 1997 to 2010, but this kid is just the worst! I know it's trying to be educational, and that it's meant for really little kids like 2-4 year olds, but guess what? So is Arthur! And that show has lasted 20 seasons for good reason! I get why some of the mind-numbing shows for toddlers like Dora the Explorer have lasted: they're just for the little ones and on some level, try to teach them early learning things like counting. I normally wouldn't go after a show like this for animated atrocities unless it was as well-crafted and smart as Arthur because with that show I expect a lot out of it where compared to Dora the Explorer, it's just dumb. Caillou, however, is just OBNOXIOUS!

From the very little I've seen of this show from YouTube Poops, this kid is a little brat even for a 4-year old! And yes, I have seen "Caillou Joins the Circus" in full; the Poops do it perfect justice! And this episode I've known of for quite some time as one of the most infamous and outright worst things in kids show history! Sure, it's not Mega Babies, but what I was given here was just terrible. This episode is so bad, it was BANNED from ever airing again because Caillou is a little monster! I just couldn't let this go, and what better way to start off 2017?

Most Caillou episodes don't even crack 5 minutes and are relatively simple, but that doesn't mean they can't be bad at all. This takes the new baby plot and just makes the jealous party completely rotten! Yeah, chronologically this is the first episode where Caillou's sister Rosie is born, even though book-wise Caillou didn't have his pet cat Gilbert until after Rosie was born. Speaking of, the book version of this story is actually kinda worse in regards to Caillou's behavior, but I'll save that for the end. Caillou becomes extremely jealous of Rosie the minute she's brought into the house because she's getting all the attention; this might not sound so bad, but the pacing in this show is kind of not very good. Like one minute Caillou really hates her, the next he loves her.

This kind of story shouldn't be handled in something shorter than 5 minutes due to these pacing issues; if this was more a half-hour special, I could see this working with better pacing and the lack of… well, I'll get to it. I'd say Caillou is just two to excuse his behavior, but no, that shit doesn't fly because of this! When his dad is getting a diaper, Caillou just climbs up to Rosie. At first, you're expecting a kiss on the cheek, but he PINCHES HER! Need I remind you Rosie is a NEWBORN BABY! A pinch might not hurt an adult, but on a newborn? It could cause permanent damage to the skin even if a little FUCK like Caillou does it! Just… look at his eyes during that scene! He looks like he's trying to kill his baby sister, and he's only two! Rosie's cry of pain sounds very real too, like exactly what I'd expect a newborn baby to sound like when they get hurt, so I SHUDDER to think what happened behind the scenes of this episode!

EVEN WORSE, Caillou's dad sees him doing this and does NOTHING ABOUT IT! If I had a kid and saw him do that to my new baby… well, I'm not saying I'd put him through the fucking wall or anything... But I'd sure as fuck get angry with him! Seriously, he doesn't even SCOLD Caillou for what he did! He could've permanently disfigured his own sister! This is why the episode is so hated, and why it got banned outright! I have no idea how much time passes in this 3-minute episode either because like I said: at first, Caillou seems to be jealous of Rosie, now he just wants a playmate? It could be a few weeks, it could be a day, I don't know! But that still doesn't excuse him for hurting this newborn!

Making it even worse, Caillou's father talks to him about how hard it must be to be a new brother, which doesn't really make any sense. Caillou clearly had the fullest intent of hurting his baby sister without giving a shit about their relationship. And I just LOVE how his mom lets her TWO-YEAR-OLD son hold a newborn baby right after he tried to disfigure her! Beyond that, you shouldn't let someone that young hold a baby because they could drop them. If I were a newborn baby, I'd be AFRAID of Caillou after what he did to me. That's seriously psychologically scarring what he did to her; Caillou essentially was her first experience with PAIN beyond the doctor. This isn't like the Sonic X series finale or The Fairly OddParents atrocity "It’s a Wishful Life" where you have to watch it a couple times to firmly grasp how bad it is; right from the start, I see Caillou as a little DEVIL!

With all that said, the book is actually much worse. In the book version of the story, Caillou BITES ROSIE! And this information alone makes me glad I never got into the series in any form (mainly because I was 6 when it first came out). The moral this thing teaches is actually very confusing all things considered about how to handle being a new older sibling, compared to The Rugrats Movie or virtually any Rugrats episode with Dil or Kimi that taught this thing much better. Yes, I'm ragging on a preschool show, what of it? Like so many, this has an adult fanbase believe it or not, is it really any surprise? To think this little chemo cue ball would grow up to be Saitama! This kid should be GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED GROUNDED FOR 1,234,567,891,011,121,314,151,617,181,920 years!

Cringe-Inducign Audio: 6
Cringe-Inducing Visuals: 4
Lackluster Writing: 8
Annoyance: 7
Disturbing Content: 7
Unnecessary Cruelty: 8
Rancid Morality: 5
Low Production Values: 0
Unfortunate Implications: 5
Character Derailment: ?

Final Score: 50/100

Caillou is owned by Elastic Rights, Clockwork Zoo and DHX Media.

Animated Atrocities is from

Regulas314