YMMV / PAW Patrol

• Accidental Innuendo: There's this highly suspicious line in "Pups Save a Bah-Humdinger": "That's a lot of snow to blow!"
• Adorkable:
  • Marshall is a Precious Puppy like the others, but adding in his dorky clumsiness and often awkward but goodhearted efforts to help just makes him all the more adorable.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees:
  • "Pups Save Friendship Day" has the residents of Adventure Bay celebrate the titular holiday. What many don't realize is that there actually is such a thing as Friendship Day, but the day it happens each year varies in every country.
  • Yes, snow leopard melon is a real plant. No, "Pups Save A Melon Festival" did not make that up.
• Angel/Devil Shipping:
  • There are some fans who ship Chase with Sweetie, with most common plot of fics feauturing this ship having Sweetie be redeemed due to her love of Chase.
  • There are also some who ship Rocky with Gasket, due to both of them being smartest members of their respective teams.
• Archive Panic: Being one of Nick Jr.'s biggest Cash Cow Franchises, the show has over 190 episodes, twelve shorts, three feature-length specials, two theatrical films, five video games, two stage shows, with one being viewable on Paramount+ and a spin-off show starring Rubble. So, if you did the math, there's currently over 48 hours' worth of canine rescues.
• Ass Pull: As awesome as it otherwise is, absolutely nothing ever implied that the PAW Patrol could get new powers by having two pups touch each other's paws.
• Awesome Art: The animation in later seasons is very detailed. The characters have carefully animated ears and hair that often move around when they move their head. Not only that, but if you look closely at certain clothing items (ex. Mayor Goodway's jacket, Ryder's vest and pajamas), you'll see actual stitches.
• Base-Breaking Character:
  • Chase, Marshall and Skye. While they're popular with a good amount of fans, some feel that they hog the spotlight too much and leave less-often used pups like Zuma and Rocky Out of Focus.
  • Mayor Goodway. Some fans like her for her position/appearance, others don't due to her overdramatic voice and her choices compared to everyone else.
  • Mayor Humdinger gets a huge amount of backlash, if not more than Goodway due to his zany schemes and arguably being more of an airhead to Goodway, who at least tries to be a good mayor. However, others find him to be an entertaining villain.
  • While Ms. Marjorie is a popular character, a few people think she was overused in Season 5.
  • Ladybird, a villain in the Mighty Pups Super Paws subseries. Some fans like her for being a cunning, good-looking, and interesting villain, while others hate her for having an ear-grating voice and basically being a more annoying clone of the Sea Patrol villain Sid Swashbuckle, who was absent from the series for over two years^note His last appearance at the time of the Ladybird's debut episode was "Sea Patrol: Pups Save Their Pirated Sea Patroller", which aired on May 25, 2018, before he and Arrby eventually returned in "Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save the Pupmobiles," which aired on September 5th, 2020.
  • Everest. While she's Ensemble Dark Horse, some people think she's overused resulting in Tracker being underused. Example: Everest has joined Sea Patrol, became a Mighty Pup and get her flying equipment, while Tracker is stuck in his normal gear.
  • Mr. Nibbles/Copycat. He can be liked for his unique powers and aura, or be hated due to being a selfish Jerkass.
• Broken Base: Some fans don't like the show's more bizarre turn it took in its later seasons. Others think that the new turn is just as fun, if not more fun, than the early days of the show.
  • A couple of fans aren't really pleased with the fact the show seems hellbent on adding new members to the team. Season 7 adding two in a row with Rex and Wildcat made them even more angered. Other fans, however, welcome them well enough because they think the show would eventually get pretty stale if they just focused on the main members.
• Draco in Leather Pants: Sid Swashbuckle of all people gets this treatment among fans; many believe his evilness is rooted in a mental illness and he would greatly benefit from therapy sessions.
  • There's also an in-universe example, with Rubble thinking that the kitties from the Kitten Catastrophe Crew are cute, despite them usually following Mayor Humdinger's orders.
  • Also, Sweetie. There are some people who think she feels unloved by Princess who doesn't notice and pay attention to her, and for this reason (plus, if someone wants to add Dark and Troubled Past to her Freudian Excuse) she's hellbent on stealing the crown and becoming the queen.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Even before her debut episode^note The New Pup, Everest gained a pretty sizable fandom of her own. She’s mostly popular for being a really sweet girl with an optimistic attitude.
  • Chickaletta surprisingly has a big fan base too.
  • Tracker was announced over a year before his debut, but at first, the fans didn't talk about him very much. After his debut in "Tracker Joins the Pups!", however, he became very popular and was gladly welcomed into the fandom.
  • The Mer-Pups, who have so far only appeared in three episodes, have also gained a fairly impressive fan base.
  • Sweetie has become quite popular due to being the first villainous pup on the show, and a genuinely cunning and competent villain to boot. She currently stands as the show's most popular antagonist.
  • Another antagonist pup, Arrby, has become quite popular with the fans as well. Even though he is a sidekick to the antagonist, Sid the Pirate, he still acts like a nice guy, which helped make him a very adorable character from the fans’ perspective.
  • Sid Swashbuckle has garnered a decent fan base for being a Jerk with a Heart of Gold/Large Ham.
  • Rex got tons of fanfare months before the Dino Rescue series started. Most of it has to do with his Handicapped Badass status.
  • Wildcat has many a fan for being the first outright heroic cat in the show.
  • The Ruff-Ruff pack also has such, for many of the same reasons as Sweetie and being a hilarious Terrible Trio.
  • Katie’s pet cat, Cali, also has a surprisingly big fan base as she tends to be somewhat popular in fan art.
  • One particular one shot character, a pup named Sylvia, who barely did anything at all in her episode, surprisingly got a huge cult following amongst some fans of the series, especially on DeviantArt.
• Evil Is Cool: Sweetie, and to a lesser extent, Sid Swashbuckle, have garnered a lot of fans for being interesting (and in Sweetie's case, genuinely evil) villains.
• Fandom Rivalry:
  • The majority of fans of Thomas & Friends hate PAW Patrol for multiple reasons, chief among them being the latter stealing a large amount of the former's market share, thus leading to a kneejerk reaction from Mattel that saw them make controversial changes to Thomas in an attempt to copy elements of the PAW Patrol formula.
  • Around 2022, the Nickelodeon fandom started to despise the show for invading both the 24/7 Nick Jr and the main Nick channels, even making its way into primetime slots. The constant delays and overall turmoil of the current Nickelodeon schedule don't help the show's case.
• Fanfic Fuel: Dino Patrol: Pups Save the Dino Eggs introduces Rex and the Dino-Lands to the show, and unlike Everest, Tracker and Tuck & Ella, it's stated Ryder has already met Rex before... so when did he find the Dino-Lands and meet Rex then? What caused him to see that he was PAW Patrol member material? Also, how did Rex become paraplegic?
• Fan Nickname: If there's one thing the fans can never agree on, it's Ryder's surname. Some fans have given him one like Daniels or Carlton in their fanfiction. Others believe that Ryder is his surname, and his full name is Zach Ryder Jr.
• Fanon:
  • There's generally two explanations for why Ryder is in charge of the titular team. A) His parents are deceased and are in some form responsible for the initial idea, which he expanded to honor their memory or B) one of his parents, usually but not always his dad, is in charge of a global/international organization with human and canine operatives with the PAW Patrol just being the Adventure Bay division. Ryder's mother has roughly 50/50 odds of being alive vs out of the picture in the latter scenario, with the same being true for his father if the mother is the one in charge.
  • Chase is particularly close to Ryder, possibly even having been his pet prior to the team's formation. Sometimes Marshall shares this closeness but not always.
  • Most of the team has been portrayed as an orphan by somebody though the consensus is that Ryder is legally responsible for them all regardless (or in the case of them being under his father/mother's authority, said parent is) and that they think of him as something of a father figure (or older brother if one of his parents is in charge of them).
  • Pounds are the dog equivalent of jails while animal shelters are basically orphanages.
  • Not over sweeping but Chase and Marshall at the very least have meaning to their respective numbers, marking them as Ryder's second-in-command and third-in-command respectively.
  • Dogs, despite the uplifting, have many similarities to canines in our world, including potentially lethal allergies to chocolate.
  • Wolves alternate between being normal animals (making the intelligence of dogs being tied to domestication) and just as intelligent and speech-capable as the pups.
  • Dogs age more like humans than like real world dogs. Which sometimes has the side effect of making the pups seem even younger.
  • Mixed-breed dogs that aren't designer breeds like Skye's cockapoo are looked down upon, similar to biracial humans.
  • Tied to the above, certain dog breeds are subject to Fantastic Racism that parallels their experiences in Real Life (like pitbulls and their mixes being ruthless bloodthirsty monsters, for example).
  • Rocky's Ear Notch is the result of abuse by a human (usually but not always with a knife) prior to him coming into Ryder's care. His fear of water also comes from similar Dark and Troubled Past elements.
  • Despite being equal to humans intellectually and emotionally, dogs are treated as lesser legally, often being punished harshly or having unfair verdicts handed down on them when they commit crimes or having humans who mistreat them get Karma Houdini results; Adventure Bay is one of the few exceptions. Granted, this fanon varies a lot about how widespread it is but there is a general consensus that there are humans who think of dogs as lesser just because they're dogs.
  • Zuma has rhotacism (speech impediment making someone unable to pronounce R-sounds). This came about because his first voice actor Emily Thorne had it, and even though it was gone when Emily was replaced by Carter in 2017 it's remained an aspect of Zuma where a lot of fanfics will replace the Rs in his speech with Ws.
  • The villains, especially Sid Swashbuckle, with Sweetie and Mayor Humdinger to a lesser extent commonly depicted have a Dark and Troubled Past as an attempt to justify their actions.
• Fandom-Specific Plot:
  • Popular plot: "Ryder is taken out of commission for what will be a lengthy period; the pups will have to manage on their own in the meantime." This usually just involves injury or an mild illness but kidnapping or major medical complications can also be the reason, with the major complications possibly ensuing from what initially appeared to be a mild issue. This can also be expanded to remove Chase temporarily as well, to put Marshall in charge (as a reference to the Fanon that Marshall's number means he's the third-in-command of the team). While these can be lighthearted, they're usually more dramatic, especially if Marshall is thrust into leadership or if kidnapping or a potentially deadly scenario is in play.
  • The team breaks up for some reason and years later, reunites with their bonds in disarray; a disaster of some kind forces them to work together and rebuild their relationships. One of the more popular variants of this involves someone, usually Ryder, dying being the cause of the break up, though the death isn't always for real.
  • Someone with a grudge against Ryder goes after one of the pups. This can also expand into "someone with a grudge against one or both of Ryder's parents goes after him and/or the pups" or "someone with a grudge against [insert character] goes after [second character]" (with a reversal of the first option where Ryder becomes the victim of someone with a grudge against one of his pups; this can also happen with Jake if Everest is the one the kidnapper has a grudge against or Carlos if the grudge is held against Tracker). This is usually Played for Drama and invoked Nightmare Fuel with Nausea Fuel being entirely possible.
  • The Patrol faces massive disasters, whether natural ones like tsunamis or earthquakes or man-made, in a Darker and Edgier fashion, possibly even facing the loss of loved ones to death.
  • The pups regain their powers from "Mighty Pups". Which eventually happened in canon.
  • One of the pups ends up the target of a hate group. This can be breed-specific or in Rocky's case, related to disdain for mixed-breeds (Skye is not usually included when the group is anti-mixed-breed, probably because A) she's a designer cross or B) her cockapoo ancestry is primarily just cockapoo, making her closer to a purebred).
  • One of the pups has a Dark and Troubled Past that comes back to haunt their present and threaten their True Companions. This can happen with Ryder as well and sometimes the Dark and Troubled Past is shared between Ryder and the pup in question. Characters outside the core cast can be used for this purpose but it's more popular with non-main cast pups than humans.
  • A dangerous criminal/criminal group comes to Adventure Bay and the team has to stop them.
  • Sweetie and Mayor Humdinger team up to seek revenge on the Patrol. This usually falls apart in the end but can go nightmarishly well for at least part of the story. This can also be done with Sweetie teaming up with Harold, Sid or Ladybird, which goes about the same way.
  • Mayor Humdinger finally gets proper comeuppance for everything he's done. This can be the ending of a story or set up for an even worse antagonist. Sweetie, Harold or Ladybird can be used in a similar fashion.
  • Mayor Humdinger, Sweetie, Harold, Sid or Ladybird can get a Heel–Face Turn though this is usually only after a good portion of the story giving them Character Development and the heroes take most of the story to believe that they're being genuine.
  • A new pup joins the team. Prior to Marshall becoming the team's medic, having the newcomer fill this role was popular and it still is to a degree. New pups can also be a second example of all the canon characters' roles within the team. As for who the pup bonds with, if it's not Ryder himself, it's typically Katie, though having the OC bond with Alex, Danny or other canon kids or even an OC human isn't uncommon.
  • Stories about the Patrol's kids, biological or adoptive, or their relatives joining the team and/or a branch of it are wildly popular. New characters tend to have roles similar to the canon characters they're most closely tied to (like Marshall's sibling would probably either be a fire pup or a medic while Chase and Skye's child would either be a cop, a spy or a flier) but not always and if they aren't, it's often either a character or plot point
• Faux Symbolism: At the end of "Sea Patrol: Pups Save a Soggy Farm," after the PAW Patrol drains all the water that flooded Farmer Al's farm, a rainbow can be seen.
• Franchise Original Sin:
  • Talking dogs aside, the show has always had a few fantastical episodes, such as "Pups and the Ghost Pirate" and "Pups Save Christmas" in Season 1, or "Pups Save a Mer-Pup" and "Pups Bark with Dinosaurs" in Season 2. It wasn't until Season 6, however, that some fans began saying that the show had become unrealistic, mainly due to this season's gimmick being the superpower-focused Mighty Pups, Super PAWS subseries, resulting in far more fantastical episodes. What isn't helping is that the older fantastical episodes were either All Just a Dream or Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane, but Mighty Pups, Super PAWS, despite obviously being fantastic in nature, is somehow considered "realistic" by the show's standards, making fans question the logic there.
  • The show seems hellbent on adding new members to the team. It all started with Everest in Season 2, but that happened early on, everyone fell in love with her back then, and she was the only one at the time. And then she was later sidelined in favor of new members. It doesn't help that they never last more than five episodes.
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • Several bronies also like PAW Patrol (which is not surprising, seeing as My Little Pony writer Amy Keating Rogers wrote several episodes), as well as several fans of Pokémon.
  • Despite the Thomas & Friends fandom's hatred for the franchise, there are still some TTTE fans who like PAW Patrol, mainly those who also like Keith Chapman's other major work, Bob the Builder.
  • In Japan, the fandom, which mostly consists of women older than the target demographic, overlaps with the fandoms of cute animal character franchises like the ones created by Sanrio, with My Melody fans being the most common overlap.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff:
  • This show, which was originally created for and continues to premiere episodes on TV Ontario in Canada, is absolutely huge in the United States, to the point where most people don't know that it's from another country. You can't walk into a store in the United States without seeing merchandise of PAW Patrol, it gets a ton of airtime on its American network and has even had touring live shows there!
  • It's also worth noting that Marshall and Skye are more popular than lead dog Chase in the United States, to the point where most merchandise made for the US market is mostly of these two characters, and may have lead to one of the Ultimate Rescue toys being themed after him.
  • It's also big in the United Kingdom as well, to the point where the Big Screen Tails theatrical release actually outgrossed Journey Beyond Sodor, which was released the same weekend. There's also merchandise EVERYWHERE and the UK even got a tour of the live show in Summer 2017. And it doesn't stop there-when Mighty Pups got released in theaters in the country, it was so popular that it was shown again two months later.^note  Most event cinema movies like the aforementioned Thomas The Tank Engine films only play in the UK for one weekend, unless it's a Christmas or holiday-themed release like the annual rerelease of The Muppet Christmas Carol.
  • The show is also big in Latin America, especially in Brazil, where it’s even bigger. It is impossible to go any place in the region and not see something related to the show there.
  • It's also especially huge in Mexico, so much so that every Bolo Fest Desfile Navideño in Mexico City since 2015 has PAW Patrol in the parade, the show also sees occasional and regular airings on Canal 5 (In fact it’s third one hour special Jet To The Rescue continues to see reruns on the Mexican network to this day.) and gets special events in the country, merchandise is also EVERYWHERE, and also got the live show tour, PAW Patrol is easily one of Mexico's biggest icons, placing it along with several others like Miraculous Ladybug, SpongeBob SquarePants, PJ Masks, and Super Mario Bros. when it comes to franchises that originated from another country that are extremely popular in Mexico.
  • It's also become very popular in Japan, where it's been used as a tool for teaching Japanese kids English. Of course, this all happened before an official Japanese dub was announced. Like in the U.S., it didn't really become popular until YouTubers began promoting the toys sent to them by Takara Tomy and those videos amassed many views. This, combined with rival Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion getting Screwed by the Network, lead to increased ratings and TV Tokyo putting the show in a preschool block that also comprised of the already-existing Disney Sunday block and the addition of another preschool block on Thursday evenings. It was then moved to Friday evenings, in the same block that TV Tokyo would eventually call their "Friday Anime All-Stars", alongside Yo-kai Watch, Pokémon Journeys, and, ironically enough, Shinkalion Z. The Ready, Race, Rescue! movie also broke the top 10 of the box office on the week it was released despite only playing at AEON theaters in Japan. They also are going to get the movie on the same day as the United States, which is rare for any foreign film in Japan. It’s not uncommon to see entire toy sections dedicated to Paw Patrol. As of 2022, it’s currently outpacing most preschoolers’ TV shows in Japan such as Anpanman and Thomas the Tank Engine.
  • It's also very popular in France, signs largely showed this, as the two movies performed extremely well in French theaters, and the show broadcast on TFOU, being one of the main shows along with the domestic French series, Miraculous Ladybug, on the block.
  • It's extremely popular in Poland. Many of the Polish-language videos of PAW Patrol have over a million views, and they were the only non English-speaking country to get the Mighty Pups movie in theaters.
  • It's also so popular in Italy that on Netlix, it actually beat Cocomelon as the most-watched preschool show on the platform.
  • It’s also extremely popular in Germany, as the massive success of the two movies in German theaters justify this.
• Harsher in Hindsight: In the episode, "Pups save Skye", Skye gets stranded in a snowy forest after damaging her Jet Pack. In the movie, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, it's revealed that before joining the PAW Patrol, Skye nearly dies in the snow.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • At the 2018 Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel jokes that Timothee Chalmet was "missing PAW Patrol to be here tonight". Fast forward to the next Oscars ceremony, and the official Twitter for the franchise posts this image. And then he wound up getting cast in the show's Big Damn Movie.
  • "Pups and the Ghost Pirate" way back in season 1 features the pups dressed up in various costumes for Halloween. Rubble was Elvis, Skye and Ryder were a princess and a knight, Zuma was a pirate, and Chase was a superhero, which is a lot of unintentional foreshadowing for future episodes and seasons where they went from playing pretend to real: saving a famous musician (Luke Stars), Mission PAW, Sea Patrol, and Mighty Pups, respectively.
  • In the Season 2 episode Pups Leave Marshall Home Alone, Rubble recounts that he once had a dream where cats could talk, followed by Skye finding the idea "weird." Now that we have a villainous cat called The Copycat (known as Mr. Nibbles before he gets his powers), who gains the ability to speak after a chip of the meteor gets stuck on one of his teeth, Rubble's dream comes off as being prophetic in hindsight.
  • The Season 3 episode Pups Save Three Little Pigs has Rocky scared because Farmer Yumi's pigs' house was knocked over and Yumi thinks it might be a wolf. This was already a bit amusing since Rocky out of all the pups looks the most like a wolf, but the Season 5 episode Pups and the Werepuppy has Rocky dream of turning into a proper werepuppy.
  • The early episodes "Pups Save the Dinosaurs", "Pups Save A Dragon", "Pups Save Apollo" were both It Was All A Dream stories, implying that such fantastic elements as dragons, living dinosaurs and superheroes couldn't possibly exist in the PAW Patrol's world. Then later seasons introduced a superpower-granting meteor, a Lost World full of living dinosaurs, and then a whole kingdom of dragons, turning the setting of PAW Patrol into a bona fide Fantasy Kitchen Sink.
  • One could argue that Disney's show Puppy Dog Pals was created in an attempt to catch some of that puppy marketing that this show keeps jutting out. Ironically though, they had a quadriplegic pup before PAW Patrol did. Better yet, Lollie from Puppy Dog Pals and Rex from this show look almost exactly the same. The only thing that makes them different is Rex's brown spots and Rex and Lollie both being different genders.
  • Season 5 final episode "Pups Save the Tower of Pizza" centers around competition to build the world's tallest literal pizza tower. Come 2023, a game comes out that centers around a figurative tower of pizza. Guess which one?
    • Of note is the fact that this "prediction" became a meme in that game's community.
• Ho Yay: Rocky/Zuma may be one of the most popular ships in the entire fandom. The fact that the two of them are seemingly best friends on screen seems to help matters, and of course, lead some fans to believe that it might stretch a bit beyond that.
• I Knew It!: Due to the ending of PAW Patrol: The Movie and a International Women's Day post on Nick Jr.'s social media showing her, some fans guessed that Liberty would appear in the series proper before a promo confirmed this.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Chase? Chase? CHAAAASE!
  • People like to jokingly say that Chickaletta is the best member of the PAW Patrol, despite her being the mayor's pet chicken.
  • Ryder is often compared by people to Bruce Wayne.
  • Another common joke is calling the show "Papa Troll", which is a common mispronunciation of the show among the target demographic. Adults will often wonder what a show with the mispronounced name would actually be like.
  • A frequent joke is that the show is police propaganda meant to indoctrinate children, which gained media attention after the death of George Floyd, as mentioned under the Distanced from Current Events entry on the trivia page. Some people may be taking this seriously, but thanks to Poe's Law it's very hard to tell.
    • The phrase "All dogs go to heaven, except those class traitors in the PAW Patrol" became popular after a person posted an image macro featuring the phrase in a response to a Twitter post where the user said her parents banned her younger brother from watching the show.
  • In regards to the Mighty Twins, a common joke is to compare Ella, who can grow to enormous sizes, to Clifford the Big Red Dog.
• No Such Thing as Bad Publicity: In the summer of 2020, the show received negative press in wake of the George Floyd protests because of Chase being a police officer. However, the show still remains popular among the target demographic despite this controversy.
• Periphery Demographic: Although it's a show aimed largely at 3-year-olds, PAW Patrol has been steadily receiving attention and love outside its target audience. That it's a series about Precious Puppies with Transforming Mecha probably helps, and also the fact that it's unlike other preschool shows, not talking down to its audience and sometimes featuring situations in which someone could get seriously injured or even killed. The fandom has also received some nods from the general public, with the show's adult fans being mentioned on the website for Nickelodeon's own resort in Punta Cana and even on the 2018 Academy Awards Ceremonies. Also, as of September 2018, there are at least 15 officially-licensed t-shirts available in adult sizes, all of which can be bought online on Amazon. This is unprecedented for a preschool-oriented cartoon.
  • In Japan, the show is popular with teenage girls, of all people.
  • Japanese parents seem to admire Ryder for his patience, kindness and leadership skills, and often point to him as a role model for how workplace leaders should act.
  • It's also popular with girls despite the franchise mainly being aimed at boys.
  • Even MatPat seems to have some fondness for the show. In his "PAW Patrol Is DARKER Than You Think!" video, he says he finds it more tolerable than most shows he has to watch with his 3-year-old son Ollie, and he seems to get excited about buying a toy of the Air Patroller before adding "Ahem, for Ollie."
• Platonic Writing, Romantic Reading: Neither Chase nor Skye have any feelings towards each other outside of friendship, according to Word of God. Hasn't stopped a majority of the fandom from misinterpreting their interactions with each other as Ship Tease, though. The same can be said for Marshall and Everest, too.
• Pop Culture Holiday: The Mayor of Toronto has officially proclaimed that August 20, the release date of the theatrical film in Canada, is to be celebrated as "PAW Patrol Day".
• Portmanteau Couple Name: Skase (Skye and Chase), Everall (Everest and Marshall), Rockma (Rocky and Zuma), Kader (Katie and Ryder) Swase (Chase x Sweetie) and Rasket (Rocky x Gasket).
• Questionable Casting:
  • As mentioned above, when Marshall's original VA, Gage Munroe, was replaced with Drew Davis in Season 2, many fans complained that Davis didn't sound a bit like Marshall. This eventually died down as the series went on.
  • Justin Paul Kelly, Chase's VA from Season 5, has gotten a similar reaction from fans, again saying that he doesn't sound much like Chase.
  • Ace Sorenson's Season 3 VA, Megan Fahlenbock of Total Drama and 6teen fame, was criticized for making Ace sound a bit too old.
  • Mateo Carnovale, Tracker's VA starting in Season 8, has been criticized for not pronouncing Spanish words as naturally as David Lopez.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Danny seems to be heading in this direction, since in his most recent appearances ("Pups and the Mystery of the Driverless Snow Cat", "Pups Save an Out-of-Control Mini-Patrol", "Ultimate Rescue: Pups Save a Movie Monster", and "Pups Save A Windy Bay"), he actually doesn't try to do any dangerous stunts, and the trouble caused is by accident (in Windy Bay's case, the trouble was caused by Humdinger and not Danny). In "Ultimate Rescue", he even ended up becoming an Accidental Hero by leaving his helmet camera on and getting enough footage to finish the movie.
  • Solidified as of "Pups Save a Mascot". Episodes featuring him are now receiving a warm reception, and there are even a handful of fans saying they like him.
• The Scrappy:
  • Daring Danny X. A reckless, wannabe daredevil who constantly attempts life-threatening stunts and throws himself into dangerous situations, inevitably requiring the PAW Patrol to bail him out of whatever trouble he gets himself into. It doesn't help that he flat-out ignores any warnings he gets from more level-headed characters who try (and fail) to keep him from endangering himself, and never learns from his mistakes.
  • His predecessor Alex got similar hate, though mostly downplayed since Alex usually had the excuse of being a young child leaping before looking.
  • And then there's Travelling Travis, an "explorer" with No Sense of Direction whatsoever, who mistakes the arctic for a desert (and Chickaletta for a seagull), and often "discovers" animals that most people already know exist (and gives them ridiculous names to boot). All of which often leads to the PAW Patrol having to save him from his own mistakes. "Pups Save an Antarctic Martian" really takes it up to eleven, with Travis believing that he can get to Mars via hot air balloon, and believes he's succeeded due to his spacesuit's red visor. While Danny and Alex have the excuse of being kids, Travis' blunders have no such explanation.
• Ships That Pass in the Night: Sweetie x Arrby, despite them never interacting on-screen until Season 9 (for reference, these two characters were introduced in Season 4). This is based on the fact that they are both 'evil' pups.
• Spiritual Adaptation: Thunderbirds with puppies.
• Squick: "Pups In A Jam": Ryder putting the spoon he had his mouth on back into a pot of jam. And then using that same spoon to put said jam in a dish. Praise God this wasn't a Sick Episode and that the jam ended up having to be used to get rid of an invasion of ants.
• Take That, Scrappy!: For those who dislike Daring Danny X, seeing him spend the entirety of the race in "Pups Save the Go-Kart Race" crawling along in last place (and even being consistently outpaced by a turtle) is quite a satisfying sight.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: In the UK, there are several fans who heavily dislike the localized dub, finding it unnecessary and disliking how much different the new voices sound (with Chase, Danny, and Sid being among the worst offenders), not to mention finding the uniform "posh" accents off-putting; these same fans will go out of their way to watch the American version because they feel it's truer to the characters.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: While Tracker certainly isn't a wasted character, some fans are upset that he never got a chance to become a Mighty Pup even though other Sixth Ranger Everest got them first with the main cast. What's worse? The toyline does feature Tracker as a Mighty Pup. This just makes fans wonder what was stopping that from happening in the actual show.
• Tough Act to Follow: Although Spin Master later made other preschool series such as Little Charmers, Rusty Rivets, and Abby Hatcher, and they have seen moderate success, none of them were nearly as successful as PAW Patrol.
• Toy Ship: A few, but most notably Ryder×Katie. Even MatPat ships them; he states in his "PAW Patrol Is DARKER Than You Think!" video that he thinks they would make a good power couple.
• Viewer Gender Confusion: Zuma is a boy, despite apparently seeming otherwise. The fact that in other countries he's a girl (and in those countries Zuma is more a feminine sounding name), probably doesn't helps.
• Viewer Species Confusion:
  • Some people think Chase is a Doberman, but he's a German Shepherd.
  • Zuma is a chocolate labrador retriever, but some newcomers confused him for a dacshund, even though his body is too short for the latter breed.
  • When Moby was first revealed, fans thought he was a Border Collie or an Australian Shepherd. His actual breed is a Portuguese Water Dog.
  • Similarly, Al was thought to be a beagle when he was first revealed, but he's actually a Basset Hound.
• Vindicated by History: When Drew Davis^note Marshall's voice actor during Seasons 2-5 was originally cast as Marshall, the fandom cringed at how he didn't even remotely sound like Marshall's original VA, Gage Munroe. Nowadays, his performance as Marshall is better-received, and the fandom was sad to see him go when Season 5 ended.

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