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** The fan theory that Caillou has cancer because he's bald is very popular.

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** The fan theory that Caillou is bald because he has cancer because he's bald is very popular.

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* AnachronismStew: The ''New Adventures'' episode "Caillou and the Queen" (which features Caillou and his family going to London and meeting the Queen) has Caillou meeting the royal corgi, Monty. Anyone with knowledge of the royal corgis will know that Monty died way back in ''2012''. The episode was released in 2021 and is implied to take place in the present day.



* CriticalResearchFailure: The ''New Adventures'' episode "Caillou and the Queen" (which features Caillou and his family going to London and meeting the Queen) has Caillou meeting the royal corgi, Monty. Anyone with knowledge of the royal corgis will know that Monty died way back in ''2012''. The episode was released in 2021 and is implied to take place in the present day.
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** Caillou being depressed because of the death of a class hamster named Gerald in "Caillou Loses a Friend" from ''New Adventures''. Just seeing Caillou look so sad because of the death of the hamster is enough to make you feel bad for him (especially if you've also lost a pet).

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** Caillou being depressed because of [[LostPetGrievance the death of a class hamster named Gerald Gerald]] in "Caillou Loses a Friend" from ''New Adventures''. Just seeing Caillou look so sad because of the death of the hamster is enough to make you feel bad for him (especially if you've also lost a pet).
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* AccidentalAesop: Parents frequently bash the show for teaching that whining to get your way is good, even if the intended moral was "whining will ''not'' get your way".
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** "Caillou, Ni-hao. [[Main/BigWhat What?]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A line from the end of "Caillou Misses Sarah." It was first shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfG1zQB8B4 this video]] and later found its way on ''[[=TikTok=]].''[[/labelnote]]

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** "Caillou, Ni-hao. [[Main/BigWhat " "[[Main/BigWhat ...What?]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A line from the end of "Caillou Misses Sarah." It was first shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gfG1zQB8B4 this video]] and later found its way on ''[[=TikTok=]].''[[/labelnote]]



** Good luck finding anyone who forgives him for pinching Rosie.

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** Good luck finding anyone who forgives him for pinching Rosie.Rosie, who, mind you, was a baby at the time and thus had delicate skin.
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** Contrary to what social media will tell you, the show was not actually "cancelled". The show ended in 2010, and PBS took it out of reruns in January 2021.

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** Contrary to what social media will tell you, the show was not actually "cancelled". The show ended in 2010, and PBS took it out of dropped its reruns in January 2021.
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%% Caillou is not The Scrappy, as that requires fans of the work to hate the character (and it's pretty evident that most people who hate him are not fans of the show), so please don't add him as an entry.

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%% Caillou is not The Scrappy, as that trope requires fans of the work to hate the character (and it's pretty evident that most people who hate him are not fans of the show), so please don't add him as an entry.
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%% Please don’t add Caillou as TheScrappy, as it requires the fans of the work to hate the character (which most people editing the page are not fans of this show).

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%% Please don’t add Caillou is not The Scrappy, as TheScrappy, as it that requires the fans of the work to hate the character (which (and it's pretty evident that most people editing the page who hate him are not fans of this show).
the show), so please don't add him as an entry.
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** And last but not least, let us not forget the fact that Caillou (or rather, [[ItsPronouncedTropay "Kaylew"]]) has become more or less the unofficial SeriesMascot of [[Website/GoAnimate grounded videos.]]

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** And last but not least, let us not forget the fact that Caillou (or rather, [[ItsPronouncedTropay "Kaylew"]]) "Kaylew") has become more or less the unofficial SeriesMascot of [[Website/GoAnimate grounded videos.]]
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Loses, not Looses.


** Caillou being depressed because of the death of a class hamster named Gerald in "Caillou Looses a Friend" from ''New Adventures''. Just seeing Caillou look so sad because of the death of the hamster is enough to make you feel bad for him (especially if you've also lost a pet).

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** Caillou being depressed because of the death of a class hamster named Gerald in "Caillou Looses Loses a Friend" from ''New Adventures''. Just seeing Caillou look so sad because of the death of the hamster is enough to make you feel bad for him (especially if you've also lost a pet).
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* UncannyValley: With how stiff and robotic the character movements are in these seasons, Season 4 and 5 fall into this.
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** The voice actress for Layla from season five's "The New Girl", Addison Holley, would later appear in other preschool shows recorded in Canada, such as ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks,'' [[note]]As Owlette/Amaya[[/note]] ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat,'' ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol,'' and ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood.'' [[note]]As the first voice of Miss Elaina [[TheOtherDarrin before being replaced by]] Markeda [=McKay=] in season five.[[/note]]

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** The voice actress for Layla from season five's "The New Girl", Addison Holley, Creator/AddisonHolley, would later appear in other preschool shows recorded in Canada, such as ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks,'' [[note]]As Owlette/Amaya[[/note]] ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat,'' ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol,'' and ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood.'' [[note]]As the first voice of Miss Elaina [[TheOtherDarrin before being replaced by]] Markeda [=McKay=] in season five.[[/note]]
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The iPhone apps. The audiobook app pretty much ripped the audio from the TV series and shoehorn it into some mediocrely animated storybook, while the new edutainment app is cited to be repetitive and limited in interaction. One of them is even an AllegedlyFreeGame.

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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The iPhone apps. The audiobook app pretty much ripped the audio from the TV series and shoehorn shoehorned it into some mediocrely mediocre animated storybook, while the new edutainment app is cited to be repetitive and limited in interaction. One of them is even an AllegedlyFreeGame.
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* AmericansHateTingle: The show isn't exactly huge in Canada (except in its origin province of Quebec), but it has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This is certainly not helped by the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general have gained a poor reputation in the USA]] starting in the mid-to-late 2000s for a variety of complex reasons.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The show isn't exactly huge in Canada (except in its origin province of Quebec), but it has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven [[ExaggeratedTrope where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This is certainly not helped by the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general have gained a poor reputation in the USA]] starting in the mid-to-late 2000s for a variety of complex reasons.
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* AmericansHateTingle: The show isn't exactly huge in Canada (except of its origin province of Quebec), but it has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This is certainly not helped by the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general have gained a poor reputation in the USA]] starting in the mid-to-late 2000s for a variety of complex reasons.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The show isn't exactly huge in Canada (except of in its origin province of Quebec), but it has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This is certainly not helped by the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general have gained a poor reputation in the USA]] starting in the mid-to-late 2000s for a variety of complex reasons.
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* AmericansHateTingle: The show isn't exactly huge in Canada, but it has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This is certainly not helped by the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general have gained a poor reputation in the USA]] starting in the mid-to-late 2000s for a variety of complex reasons.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The show isn't exactly huge in Canada, Canada (except of its origin province of Quebec), but it has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This is certainly not helped by the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general have gained a poor reputation in the USA]] starting in the mid-to-late 2000s for a variety of complex reasons.

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* UnexpectedCharacter: Andy [[note]]A character who only made one major appearance in a season five episode[[/note]] returning in the ''New Adventures'' episode, "Caillou and the Fire Alarm''.

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* UnexpectedCharacter: Andy [[note]]A character who only made one major appearance in a season five episode[[/note]] returning in the ''New Adventures'' episode, "Caillou and the Fire Alarm''.Alarm".
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The first season episode "Caillou Rides an Airplane" features Caillou and Boris being invited to the flight deck of the plane. In the wake of 9/11, this is no longer allowed, because it could give terrorists the perfect opportunity to hijack the plane and use it as a missile. To date, though, the scene has not been edited, meaning kids who see it today and have never flown before are likely to have misconceptions about airline etiquette and security, and will likely be very disappointed when told they can't go to the cockpit. For that matter, the book release based on it is faithful to the television story, despite being published in 2011. "Caillou Rides an Airplane" also features Caillou and his family getting off the plane on a passenger boarding ramp, which have since been superceded by jetways or built-in airstairs at almost all airports.
** The second season episode "Caillou Computes" involves Caillou's family getting a computer back when said technology was first introduced, with common misconceptions kids had at the time about them, such as confusing the computer mouse for an actual mouse and thinking the off button breaks the computer. Many children are exposed to computers at younger ages, making some of these issues less common (and in many cases, kids can figure them out easier than their parents), though the mouse issue sometimes still happens.
** Another season two episode, "Caillou Goes to School", had Calliou spend the day with Sarah at school, and they switch lunches; and in "Caillou's Playschool Party" from season four, the kids at school share lunch and dessert during a holiday party. Nowadays, kids are likely to be forbidden from sharing snacks and especially lunch, and adults would have to make a point of taking measures to prevent triggering food allergies, including only allowing store-bought treats and not allowing some treats at all.
** "Caillou's Train Trip" (also known as "Next Stop, Fun!") has EMD F-units at the front of the train Caillou and his family travel on. Given that the train they presumably travel on can be either one of VIA Rail Canada's overnight intercity trains, this is a bit outdated, as VIA was retiring the last of its F-units in favor of the GE [=P42DC=] when this episode originally aired.



** Some people believe [=DeeDee's=] name is spelled like [="DieDe"=] or [="DeDe".=]

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** Some people believe [=DeeDee's=] name is spelled like [="DieDe"=] or [="DeDe".=]=]
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Many Canadian cartoons were actually at least moderately well received or successful in the United States during the time that Caillou was airing new episodes (particularly Preschool Series and Nelvana shows, as well as Canadian imports for channels like Fox Kids and CBS). If anything, Caillou was actually more of the exception rather than the norm during its time until Johnny Test came along.


* AmericansHateTingle: The show has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This, of course, may also have something to do with the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general tended to have a hit-or-miss reputation in the USA anyway.]]

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* AmericansHateTingle: The show isn't exactly huge in Canada, but it has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This, of course, may also have something to do with This is certainly not helped by the fact that [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general tended to have gained a hit-or-miss poor reputation in the USA anyway.]]USA]] starting in the mid-to-late 2000s for a variety of complex reasons.

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Now THAT is an example way too inappropriate. (And speculative.)


%% Please don’t add Caillou as TheScrappy, as it requires the fans of the work to hate the character (Which most people editing the page are not fans of this show).

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%% Please don’t add Caillou as TheScrappy, as it requires the fans of the work to hate the character (Which (which most people editing the page are not fans of this show).



* AscendedMeme: The Website/GoAnimate "grounded" videos went full circle when Creator/WildBrain released a ''New Adventures'' episode called... "Caillou Gets Grounded"

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* AscendedMeme: The Website/GoAnimate "grounded" videos went full circle when Creator/WildBrain released a ''New Adventures'' episode called... "Caillou Gets Grounded"Grounded".



** Caillou is quite polarizing. His gentle, MrImagination era from season 3 or 4 makes him either charming or wimpy and [[FlatCharacter flat]] at the eyes of the audience. Meanwhile, his bratty demeanor from the first two seasons either make them see him either as a realistic child, or a terrible influence for children. It doesn't help in the latter case that Caillou [[KarmaHoudini rarely is scolded after being mean.]]

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** Caillou is quite polarizing. His gentle, MrImagination era from season 3 or 4 makes him either charming or wimpy and [[FlatCharacter flat]] at the eyes of the audience. Meanwhile, his bratty demeanor from the first two seasons either make makes them see him either as a realistic child, or a terrible influence for on children. It doesn't help in the latter case that Caillou [[KarmaHoudini rarely is scolded after being mean.]]



** Mr. Hinkle is either seen as a fun loving, CoolOldGuy neighbor to Caillou, or is seen a [[MemeticMolester creepy old guy who's probably a pedophile.]][[note]] This is probably the reason why he was [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome removed in season five]] and replaced with a new character called Mrs. Howard.[[/note]]
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* MandelaEffect: The episode "Caillou is Getting Older" is often misremembered as that Caillou and his dad find a dead bird and the dad lies that the bird died of old age when actually Gilbert the cat killed it. In the actual episode, the bird was just found dead with no explanation.
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* MisaimedFandom: When PBS announced that the show would be pulled out of reruns, many parents who complained about the show celebrated it being gone.
* {{Narm}}: When PBS Kids announced that they pulled the show off the air, they posted some pictures of advice on social media about how to help kids say goodbye to the show as if someone recently died. It even has a picture of Caillou crying in his mother’s arms.
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* MisaimedFandom: When PBS announced that the show would be pulled out of reruns, many parents who complained about the show celebrated it being gone.
* {{Narm}}: When PBS Kids announced that they pulled the show off the air, they posted some pictures of advice on social media about how to help kids say goodbye to the show as if someone recently died. It even has a picture of Caillou crying in his mother’s arms.
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changing it to just Total Drama, as Bryn voiced 2 characters in the sixth season as opposed to only 1 in the spinoff; also, changing it I feel broadens it to the whole franchise instead of a single particular spinoff


* RetroactiveRecognition: This show was the first voice role of Creator/BrynMcAuley, [[note]]As the first voice of Caillou.[[/note]] who would later appear in [[WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda many]], [[WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom many]], [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace many]], ''[[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries many]]'' [[WesternAnimation/AnneOfGreenGablesTheAnimatedSeries more]] [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol Canadian]]-[[WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}} made]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}} cartoons]]. [[note]] And the roles listed only just scratch the surface.[[/note]]

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* RetroactiveRecognition: This show was the first voice role of Creator/BrynMcAuley, [[note]]As the first voice of Caillou.[[/note]] who would later appear in [[WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda many]], [[WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom many]], [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama many]], ''[[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries many]]'' [[WesternAnimation/AnneOfGreenGablesTheAnimatedSeries more]] [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol Canadian]]-[[WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}} made]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}} cartoons]]. [[note]] And the roles listed only just scratch the surface.[[/note]]
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* RetroactiveRecognition: This show was the first voice role of Creator/BrynMcAuley, [[note]]As the first voice of Caillou.[[/note]] who would later appear in [[WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda many]], [[WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom many]], [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace many]], ''[[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries many]]'' more Canadian-made cartoons. [[note]] And the roles listed only just scratch the surface.[[/note]]

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* RetroactiveRecognition: This show was the first voice role of Creator/BrynMcAuley, [[note]]As the first voice of Caillou.[[/note]] who would later appear in [[WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda many]], [[WesternAnimation/CampLakebottom many]], [[WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace many]], ''[[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvaniaTheSeries many]]'' more Canadian-made cartoons.[[WesternAnimation/AnneOfGreenGablesTheAnimatedSeries more]] [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol Canadian]]-[[WesternAnimation/{{Franklin}} made]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}} cartoons]]. [[note]] And the roles listed only just scratch the surface.[[/note]]
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** In the second episode of the series no less (in which Caillou overcomes his fear of his neighbour, Mr. Hinkle), we have [[https://youtu.be/hRewAMXMQvQ?t=98 this brief but alarming moment]]. "Mr. Hinkle is scary!" indeed, Caillou.
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** "Even Caillou's daddy was starting to get angry!"
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Removing complaining.


* MisaimedFandom: When PBS announced that the show would be pulled from reruns in 2021, they acted as if it was a bad thing, but for the hatedom, it was like the greatest thing since sliced bread.



* {{Narm}}: When PBS Kids announced that they pulled the show off the air, they posted some pictures of advice on social media about how to say goodbye as if someone recently died.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Happy Day", a song from season 4, sounds awfully similar to Music/{{Wham}}'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".



* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Happy Day", a song from season 4, sounds awfully similar to Music/{{Wham}}'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Happy Day", a song from season 4, sounds awfully similar to Music/{{Wham}}'s "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".
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* AmericansHateTingle: The show has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This, of course, may also have something to do with the fact that [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol prior to the mid-2010s,]] Canadian cartoons in general tended to have a hit-or-miss reputation in the USA anyway.

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* AmericansHateTingle: The show has a strong hatedom of parents in the United States who despise the series [[MoralGuardians since they believe it teaches children bad behavior]]. It's gotten to the point [[UpToEleven where parents in the country even extend this to banning the episodes where he has better behavior]]. This, of course, may also have something to do with the fact that [[WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol prior to the mid-2010s,]] [[MadeInCountryX Canadian cartoons in general tended to have a hit-or-miss reputation in the USA anyway.]]

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