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Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by zwieback on Thursday September 28, 2017 @07:44PM (#15361707)
I've always hated this show, in my PBS show rankings it's barely above Caillou, which was totally banned when my kids were little. Sir Topham Hat is such a fascist. I'd pay-per-view the episode where the trains revolt and Sodor burns down.
Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by CodeKommissar on Thursday September 28, 2017 @07:50PM (#15361731)
Lol why was Caillou "totally banned" for your little kids??
Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by ceejayoz on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:02PM (#15361781)
We banned it as well. The character is unrelentingly whiny, and my kids (two years old, at the time) started picking up the mannerisms very, very quickly.

For a while, Google's canonical answer to "Why is Caillou bald?" was "Caillou can't grow hair, not because he has cancer or progeria, but because he sucks, and even his own body recognizes that he does not deserve hair or food or love." https://www.sbnation.com/2014/3/26/5549908/arian-foster-cail...

Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by CodeKommissar on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:34PM (#15361912)
That's a pretty funny answer.
Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by Twirrim on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:31PM (#15361899)
He's go to be the most annoying children's show character ever. That's saying a lot, when you consider just how many kids characters have zero redeeming qualities.

He whines, about just about everything, everywhere. Relentlessly. https://youtu.be/cGo60pp_9IM?t=6m30s It got really annoying when my wife and I watched it with some of my nieces (and saw how the show influenced their behaviour) that when we had kids of our own we agreed that we'd never allow them to watch Caillou.

Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by CodeKommissar on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:47PM (#15361959)
I've watched all the bus episode (from the 6:30 mark), and I don't think it was that bad. He just complained for 10 seconds that he wanted to ride the school bus.

"Minor" character flaws that I'd point out were that Caillou had to be told by his mother to say thank you to the bus driver, and that he gifted the bus driver with a drawing of himself riding the bus (what an egomaniac that Caillou).

But yeah, I don't have kids, so is normal that I never thought of supervising what tv cartoons would they watch, and now is something important that I'll pay attention in the future.

Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by C0DEHERO on Friday September 29, 2017 @02:40PM (#15367914)
This bus episode really isn't that bad, but there are terrible episodes where he is just constantly whining and being mean to his little sister, even pushing her around.
Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by DanBC on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:05PM (#15361789)
A lot of parents noticed children imitating poor behaviour. Banning Caillou is pretty common.
Re:The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank En... by CodeKommissar on Thursday September 28, 2017 @08:33PM (#15361906)
The things you learn when you grow up haha. I remember to have watched Caillou when I was a kid but obviously I never noticed Caillou behaving badly.