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Peppa Pig: Princess Peppa DVD Rant

Reviewed: 01/14/2018

Peppa Pig Is A Troll.

Okay; we have finally reached the fifth of six DVD sets as I am having a blast reviewing these episode. So; today menu includes Princesses, tooth fairies, treasure hunts, blackberry bushes, puppet shows, towers that claim to be castles, a dinesaur (sic) balloon, rainbows, perfume de Muddy Puddles, pirate treasure misdirection with Pedro Pony, lawn gnomes with wishing wells and the debut of the Queen Of England engaging in the most hilarious visual ever. One note before we start this episode: The Princess Peppa DVD set has a bonus episode called "The Frog Prince" from the other series the Astely Baker Davies animation crew created, which is "Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom" which also airs on YTV Treehouse. Maybe one day; I'll review that show, but I have no intentions to review the bonus episode as part of this rant. The next rant will feature two Peppa Pig episodes from Series 5; which the DVD sets do not cover, since both of them contain episodes I consider the funniest and best of the series. YAY! So let's rant on shall we..?!

The episodes are written by Neville Astley & Mark Baker in Series 1 & 2; along with the usual crew from Series 3 onwards. Animation is done by Astely Baker Davies animation; with the two mentioned creators and Phil Davies.

Princess Peppa: We begin this DVD set by returning back to Series 3 with episode #119 on the animation paper as the episode opens on the house on the hill AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) as we zoom in to the house and then one of the windows on the top right goes dark. We head in the bedroom with Peppa & George snoring in their bunk beds. Mummy Pig whisper yells goodnight as we cut to outside with Grandpa and Grandma Pig parking their yellow car on the steepest side of the hill...AGAIN! Grandpa is wearing a sailor cap and blue coat as he rings the doorbell and out comes Daddy and Mummy Pig for the meet and greet. Grandma Pig wants to see Peppa & George; and Mummy Pig says yes, but be quiet about it. Grandma Pig walks slowly up the stairs and this only serves to make the creaking when she gets into the bedroom and it's dark, which assures that she steps on the rubber duckie and that wakes Peppa up. Oh come on now! This was completely a setup by Peppa since the rubber duckie was not there when Mummy Pig said goodnight to the kids. I should note that George is still calling her "Ganny Ig" at this point. Peppa wants a story and she will sleep after it. Grandma Pig sits down on an out of nowhere blue chair (and they wonder why people think this is a cheap, lazy effort?) and tries to start the story; but Peppa cuts her off and begins the story. Now THAT was rude and mean of her to do. So we begin the story in a field with Pedro Pony in a yodeling outfit walking west. Of all the princes she could have picked; she picked the village idiot. Pedro Pony finds a golden magical bean and plants it to create a beanstalk in which Grandma Pig continues the story and then gets cut off again; because she wants a princess instead of a giant. Okay; I am perfectly fine with this as the beanstalk is literally the foundation for the golden castle, so the golden castle was inside the bean, which means Princess Peppa was literally inside the bean. That is distressing. We head inside the castle with Peppa dressed with a crown with a seven link golden chain necklace. Apparently; George is in the story cast as the most absurd looking grey knight ever on a white horse car. So yes; even dreams are BS&P'ed in a pre-school show. Grandma Pig is the only one in this story that is reasonably accurate as she brings in the chocolate cake, without chocolate frosting on top it seems.

Peppa giggles as we head downstairs in the dining room where the other adults are sitting. I should note that the lights have purple shades on them and I wonder if they are distracting this family since the adult are appearing to look up at them. Grandpa Pig goes up to see what is going on and he blows off Grandma Pig for waking the kids up when he busts them in the bedroom. Grandma Pig was set up via the teleporting rubber duckie; if you ask me. Peppa reminds Grandma Pig of her promise; but Grandpa Pig wants to end this and tags himself in while Grandma Pig walks out of the room. So we continue the story as Pedro Pony has climbed the beanstalk off-screen and everyone in the story is at the table as the lovely dinner is nothing more than all the desserts in the world. The desserts made them go to sleep according to Grandpa Pig and that's the end...Peppa cuts him off and they wake up because she is commanding this story; which makes my evidence that she planted the rubber duckie on Grandma Pig on purpose. Oh; and Grandpa is the wizard and apparently has stolen the Wizard of WeeGee's outfit. So Grandpa Wizard is doing magic tricks as Grandpa Pig is trying to end the story; but Peppa keeps cutting him off. So; apparently, a dragon is found and we have running, chasing and scaring ensuing as the ceiling is shaking. Daddy Pig decides that this story needs to end at some point; so he'll do it since he's an expert on storytelling. So he comes in and tags himself in, claiming that he'll be done in one minute. Well; he does have 90 seconds left in the episode, so there we go. So Daddy Pig plays the king of this story and he's rubbing his big tummy as everyone is having a picnic and they lived happily ever after. END! Not. Peppa brings out her music box and it's time to PART-IE as the carriage comes in with George and his toy horse, Peppa and Suzy Sheep in the carriage; with subjects Rebecca Rabbit, Emily Elephant, Zoe Zebra and Danny Dog; the one I thought would be in this story taking Pedro's Place. As we head inside the castle, we dance to their doom as Candy Cat has been written in by teleport! This show's logic is so funky that I want to dance like a fat...Oh forget it; this episode is running long as it is. So; the kids are dancing, with Daddy Pig holding the music box. Mummy Pig has had enough and walks upstairs and busts Daddy Pig; making him be in complete denial and he's blushing, so this is an epic fail. George and Peppa don't care because they love to dance!

Mummy Pig pushes stop on the music box and basically tags herself in, and effectively soo Daddy Pig out of the room. So Mummy Pig asks about the story thus far and Peppa retells the tale in it's entirety as we head outside with the rest of the adults at the stairs and they hear snoring. They think Mummy Pig has won and creep upstairs...to find that Mummy Pig is asleep as Peppa is finishing the story up to this point. Peppa's story was so boring that it put her mother to sleep. Everyone comes in as they proclaim that Peppa is the best of telling bedtime stories and they giggle to end the episode at 4:30 approx. The episode was sloppy in places, but it was fine for the most part. Don't worry folks; there is an episode in this series that was godawful and it's somewhere in this rant. ** 1/2 (50%).

The Tooth Fairy: So; we finally return to Series 1 with Episode #22 on the animation paper and the episode opens with the house on the hill as we head to the kitchen table with the Pig family eating pasta without any sauce whatsoever. Spagetti is Peppa Pig's favorite food; along with George. Daddy Pig claims that this slurping makes a lot of noise. I think Mr. Bull and his jackhammer might have something to say about that. The kids all finish up as Mummy Pig thinks she is going to get some quiet; instead we get some giggling and out of nowhere, a tooth (which look like Juicy Fruit gum titles) falls onto her plate. Peppa is confused as to where this came from and Mummy Pig tells her to look in the mirror. So Peppa runs into the hallway and finds a mirror; and discovers that her mouth has one less tooth in it. Peppa grows concerned as Mummy Pig tells her not to worry since it's a "Milk Tooth" (In North America, they are called baby teeth, primary teeth and properly called deciduous teeth.) and a tooth will grow back in due time. Of course; now that she lost a tooth; the dreaded Tooth Fairy will come out to take the tooth and give her a gift in return. Considering that Father Christmas is considered real in this world (and one of only two human beings in this show); I wouldn't be shocked if the tooth fairy is also legit in this show. Then again; we have chimera humans in this series; so the whole "realism" angle has been thrown out the window, along with Pedro's ability to gain a clue. We even have a dream sequence for this which apparently; the Tooth Fairy is Peppa Pig with fairy wings and a gold coin putting it under Peppa's pillow. We return to reality (no, not really) as Peppa wants to grow up to be the tooth fairy. See what happens when you don't adhere to reali....Oh, wait. Daddy Pig is amused by this and then asks George what he wants to be and it's a dinosaur, of course. Everyone giggles, because it's amusing. So Peppa and George run up to the bathroom and teleport into their pjs in between scenes to brush their teeth. Peppa brushes the loose teeth and even Daddy Pig is questionning this. Peppa claims that she's cleaning the tooth; because a dirty tooth is a bad tooth. Okay; I made that part up. Giggling ensues as we head to bed and Peppa puts the tooth under her pillow. Daddy Pig does creep me out by calling them my little piggies after some smirking and good nights; and then Daddy Pig turns off the lights and we sleep.

So they sleep for literally five seconds and then the kids decide that they will wait for the tooth fairy to arrive. So Peppa tosses and turns; complaining about the tooth fairy being late and then George starts snoring because he's not getting anything since he didn't lose a tooth, so why should he care? Peppa notices this and blows off George's inability to stay wake and tries to stay awake. Ten seconds later, she is yawning and in denial; before finally falling asleep. And yes; we repeat the dream sequence from earlier, only this time it's real in storyline. Oh; and the tooth fairy speaks and greets Peppa as I'm amused that she's asking questions to someone who is asleep and unable to consent. That was kind of creepy. So the tooth fairy grabs the tooth under the pillow and praises her for cleaning the tooth; so it's a good thing she did. Sadly; Peppa doesn't get bonus credit for it. So; some cocks crow and it's morning time on the house on the hill. We head to the bedroom as Daddy and Mummy Pig come in and Peppa wakes up realizing that she was asleep all night. She claims that the tooth fairy didn't come and since she was asleep all the time, Daddy Pig decides to check under the pillow for evidence. Lo and behold; there is a gold coin underneath the pillow; showing Peppa is wrong. Mummy Pig calls Peppa out for her being asleep and Peppa modestly admits it as she promises to stay wake next time because she's going to see the tooth fairy. Everyone laughs to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Not much to see here; it was all right. ** 1/2 (50%).

Treasure Hunt: We continue with Series 1 with Episode #24 and the episode opens on the white house on the hill as we head inside the kitchen at the table with Grandma Pig making a treasure map and drawing it out of crayons. Cut to Grandpa Pig digging a hole in between two apple trees and burying his CHEST OF DEMONS...POW! OUCH! Ummmm; I mean, a trunk filled with something as Grandma Pig is yelling at him because here comes the Pig Family in their red car, parking on the steepest side of the hill again. Grandpa Pig buries the chest (but not his chest; because that would have sucked and he would have probably hate life) and I would have been fine with this if this was a flashback at the end of the episode instead of the beginning of the episode to drive up suspense and then show that it's not magic, but logic. So; this was a case of not trusting the child to allow the child to figure it out on their own. So; the family gets out and runs to Grandma Pig as Grandpa Pig has finished the burial of the chest (but not his chest) as we meet and greet. I should note that the "Ganny and Papa Ig" angle for George is still in full effect at this point, but he stopped doing it in later seasons. Grandpa Pig puts on his black pirate hat and it's act like a pirate moron day. AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! With a wink; but not "you betcha" because that is Sara Palin's gimmick. So; yes, it's time for a treasure hunt, but they already killed the suspense and with no humor from Daddy Pig, this is going to be boring. George gets the pirate hat from Grandpa Pig for fun. Peppa should wear the hat; since she's the troll of the family. George smirks as Peppa is having difficulty reading a map; which is easy to do when it's upside down...which Daddy Pig is completely clueless as well. Grandma Pig corrects him and Daddy Pig has that look of "I don't like being shamed" before correcting himself. He's a bit of an expert on things, mostly making me laugh. Also; Peppa calls the red "X" a red cross. Careful Peppa; that might land you in trademark court with the Red Cross. Peppa has no idea where the trees are; so Grandma Pig claims that there is a clue in the bottle; if she finds the bottle. Okay; how difficult is it to find two trees standing in a straight line to each other in a garden with barely any trees whatsoever?

They are clearly doing the bottle thing to kill time...in a four and a half minute episode. Peppa and George run down the hill and grabs the conveniently placed bottle. The adults follow and Grandpa Pig takes the message out of the bottle which contains a purple marked note which Grandpa Pig claims is from a pirate. Peppa tries to read it; but it's impossible and it's nearly difficult because the hand writing is horrible and more unreadable than a Trump tweet on Twitter. Mummy Pig agrees with me and Grandpa Pig is in complete denial. Grandpa Pig is senile; but I repeat myself. Grandpa Pig claims that the message reads "follow the arrows"; basically admitting that he wrote it and might be a former pirate on the sea. Peppa is confused as George turns around and finds arrows made of sticks in the grass. We follow the arrows which do the loop-de-loop for only fifteen pounds and after some running and giggling; we find the dreaded WCW KEY OF DOOM. Peppa takes the key and she has run out of clues. The adults come in as Grandma Pig asks Peppa to look at the map and there are two apple trees bordering the X on the map. Peppa then looks to her right and notices the two apple trees and finds the slightly discolored area where Grandpa Pig dug the hole. Daddy Pig comes in with the shovel and starts digging for a while and then proclaims that there's nothing here. One more shovel of dirt later; his shovel hits the treasure chest (but not Grandpa's chest since that's cruel) and Daddy Pig brings out the chest as everyone pops. Peppa opens the chest with the WCW KEY OF DOOM; and there are six gold coins. But wait; there are six people in this story; so they cannot be real gold coins; they are gold papered chocolate coins! This is the point where I would have moved all the preparations for the hunt to here to show that this was the grandparents that did this and wasn't magic. Peppa and George pull the paper off and love their chocolate coins. Everyone loves chocolate coins as they mess up their faces and do the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30 approx. This is not the best treasure hunt ever; this is the most obvious treasure hunt ever. ** (40%).

Windy Castle: We continue on with Series 1 with Episode #27 and we begin this one on the house on the hill with the entire Pig family coming out to their car, which at least is facing in the right direction so we don't have a situation where the car is facing the house and then magically faces down the hill. Also; at least the car is not parked on the steep side of the hill, either. There is some giggling from the kids as Daddy Pig explains that they are going to Windy Castle. Well; he was half right on that as you will see. Peppa asks what Windy Castle is and Daddy Pig claims it's the castle on the high hill. He's half right as you will see. Peppa is not amused by this (and invokes rigid gender role playing to support her argument); but George loves castles. And snorting short bursts. Daddy states that Windy Castle is a great lookoff to see Grandpa Pig and Grandma Pig's house; and that is enough for Peppa to jump into the backseat with George. So it's time for more misadventures with Daddy Pig trying to read a map; because he always gets so lost in these shows. Mummy Pig gets to drive the car as she is questionning this because Daddy Pig gets grumpy when he doesn't get the map reading right; and Daddy Pig is already grumpy before he even has a chance to screw up. So we get into the car and drive down the hill to the main road for awhile and since we need to fill time; we play "I Spy" for a while. I do love Peppa's answer of thinking outside the box with the blue sky, that was funny. Daddy Pig is reading the map upside down and screwing up. Question: Daddy Pig didn't move the map at anytime during the game; so how in the heck did it get upside down? That's one dumb logic break as Mummy Pig proclaims that they are lost and Daddy Pig is grumpy. Daddy Pig proclaims that he'll make it to Windy Castle even if it takes all day; prompting Mummy Pig to bring out her cell phone because they don't got all day. I should note that I have seen this episode well in advance and no one noticed Daddy Pig was reading the map upside down. Mummy Pig dials her cellphone and we head to the white house on the hill and into the living room as Grandpa Pig answers the green phone while Grandma Pig is reading the Ezza magazine. So they make fun of Daddy Pig being grumpy and Daddy Pig blows them off for it.

So Grandpa Pig basically tells them to stay on the main road until they get there; which would have happened even without the map reading. This was designed to make Daddy Pig look like an idiot. Don't get me wrong; Daddy Pig brainfarting is funny, but it is usually funny when he's being hyper-compentent and you want to drop him down a peg. Here; he looks like a complete dork. So we continue driving and Peppa points to a tall rampart tower with a checkered flag on top right on a hill. It's also windy, clear as day. So it has to be Windy Castle; or more accurately, Windy Tower. I guess that name is trademarked in Britian. So we get the thrilling steep hill "come on car" driving up spot and it manages to make it. I would not be parking on a hill that steep; and yet it does. They all get out as Peppa is awe-inspired by this rampart. Daddy Pig opens the door and everyone goes in, walks around the spiral stairs (and the windows actually show the characters walking up in a nice touch) and we head to the top with the flag and a yellow telescope. We see the view from the tower and this place looks like a barren green field with very few trees; as if there is clear cutting en masse and the cutter were forced to plant in new trees. So Daddy Pig puts a coin into the telescope as Peppa wants to go first. Since she said "please", she must go first on the condition that George goes second. Peppa is lifted by Daddy Pig as Peppa looks into the telescope and sees a closeup of the white house on the hill as Grandma and Grandpa Pig walk out of the door down a hill to their garden. Peppa jumps down and Daddy Pig lifts George up to see Ganny Ig and Papa Ig not suspecting that the Pig Family is spying on them at this very moment. George waves at them and Peppa calls George silly because they are too far away. So Mummy Pig brings out the cellphone to ring them in and the grandparents notice the telescope and they all wave back as Peppa loves Windy Castle. Everyone loves Windy Rampart~! Everyone laughs to end the episode at 4:30 approx. This was all right; although I would like it if Daddy Pig was merely a smart person who brainfarts at the weirdest of times, rather than looking like a total moron. ** 3/4 (55%).

George's Balloon: Now; we head deep into Series 4 with Episode #203 on the animation paper. Episode opens on that boring road with Grandpa and Grandma Pig's yellow car; with Peppa and George in the back seat. Oh; lookie, there's Miss Rabbit with her ice cream trolly; and she's selling helium balloons today. One of them is a green dinosaur; I wonder where this is going? So Grandma Pig wants to stop for ice cream and everyone agrees to it; so we stop at the trolly. So Grandpa loves banana ice cream, Grandma loves chocolate, Peppa loves strawberry and George wants a dinosaur balloon; since there's no dinosaur flavored ice cream. Good thing George wants the balloon because my mind would have been blown if Miss Rabbit discovered dinosaur flavored ice cream. George says "no" to ice cream today. I don't blame him, he's already been screwed by the dinosaur orange freeze popsicle in one episode already. The balloon cost ten dollars; and I was surprised by this because in Britian, they use Pounds and the European Union uses the term Euros. I wonder if this episode was redubbed for American audiences? Or maybe the show takes place in Canada? That later one makes more sense than anything; but I was like "What?" Grandpa Pig is not amused by this; but it's all for a good cause so Grandpa buys the balloon. I would love to hear the chairty this money is going to; that would be worth a backstory in itself. Miss Rabbit gives George the balloon and of course within fifteen seconds; he let's go. Helium balloons are like that, you see. Thankfully; Grandpa Pig jumps up and grabs the balloon before George can bawl. Grandpa Pig decides to carry the balloon into the car as everyone gets in. Then we drive up to the white house on the hill and park on the steepest side of the hill. So they get out and Grandpa Pig gives George back the balloon, telling him not to let go...and George asks "why"? HAHA! Peppa claims that there are two kinds of balloons; the up balloon and then down balloon. The up balloon when you let go, flys into the sky and is never seen again; the down balloon stays down with you and you can never get rid of it. Yes; I'm embellishing Peppa here, but it's true. Apparently; it will go up all the way to the moon according to Peppa and yes; this is a running joke that they paid off in The Golden Boots. George says "moon" and lets go of the balloon, and then bawls his eyes out. Sorry George; you are not that good at trolling Peppa; nor us.

So Grandpa Pig jumps onto the hood of his car and grabs the balloon back, which shows how sturdy the cars are in this show. So Grandpa Pig and company head inside with the balloon and close the door. Now; before I continue, I should note that there was an open window on the roof of the house. If you cannot guess the setup spot to the finish; you have no business reading this rant. We head into the living room where Polly is perched and we meet and greet. Peppa introduces George's balloon and Polly turns around and threatens to use the beak to blow it up. Apparently; Polly loves George's sobbing as much as I do. Grandma Pig order Polly to stop and it sells; as George giggles and lets go of his balloon again. No worries; because it's in the house, there's NO way it can get out now. No way whatsoever. Sure; it went out into the hallway and up the stairs; but it's so not going out the house at all. Sure; it's floating into the attic; but it would never leave the hou....Oh wait; it went through the roof window and out of the house because Grandpa Pig is more absent minded than Pedro Pony. The Captain Obvious narrator's response is priceless here. The narrator vastly improves as the series progress, mainly because of his timing. So we head outside and there is no hope in catching that balloon as it is going up, up and up all the way to the moon. Peppa of course scolds him, blaming him for losing the balloon despite the fact that Grandpa Pig was stupid enough to leave the window open. Yeah; the kid who doesn't know better gets scolded; while the one who should know better since he's the adult gets away with his brainfart. And speaking of brain farts; here comes Daddy Pig in his car. Daddy Pig waves hello and asks if they had a good time, and George bawls right on cue. That was funny. Grandpa Pig decides to confess his sins; but Peppa is still trolling. This trolling somehow kept the balloon in mid-air the entire time as it was in the same spot when we last saw it. This is very selective gravity even by this show's low standards of gravity. The house window opens and Grandma Pig wonders what to do. Polly is like "enough of this BS" and flies up and grabs the string of the balloon and brings it back down giving it to George after Grandpa Pig does a "Polly Parrot to the rescue" bit. I also notice that Polly has been cleansed of it's dirty mind after the first appearance of the parrot when Peppa and George basically influenced the parrot to their will. Peppa orders George not to let go as Daddy Pig decides to tie the string around George's wrist this time; making the grandparents look like complete fools. George is giddy and everyone (including Polly) does the backsplash laugh with the narrator proclaiming that everyone loves George's Dinesaur Balloon~! Yup...end of the episode at 4:30 approx. Series 4 and 5 episodes are usually the best ones and this is no exception as everyone is actually getting this show over as a slice of life show instead of a pre-school show. **** 1/2 (90%).

The Rainbow: So we return to series 3 with Episode #107 and we have a rainbow episode title in this one! Hooray! Episode opens on a boring road as they are going to see the mountains today; and they are not there yet. At least Peppa only asks once as the family decides to play the game of Color ID; in which their favorite color which is on their shirts. Look; just because I wear black shirts doesn't mean my favorite color is black. It's yellow by the way; which I'm sure will surprise a lot of people considering how much I mock the shade of banana yellow throughout these rants. At least we got another word out of George that isn't dinosaur. Daddy Pig wins this round since it's a green car driven by Mummy Cat, and Candy Cat is in the backseat. Even then; it's the wrong shade of green, so I question this victory from Daddy Pig. Peppa and Candy greet each other and then leave in opposite directions. Next up; comes the orange crane with Danny Dog and Granddad Dog as the tow truck in Britian is called a breakdown truck. Somehow; the later definition makes more sense than the former. So Danny and Peppa greet each other and the breakdown truck leaves; and then we have the blue car featuring Mummy Sheep and Suzy Sheep; so George wins that round. Yes folks; the star of the show is the only one who didn't win. But wait; they are in a red car; so Peppa wins it all because (a) it was always there; so she won first and (b) even if she didn't notice until now, the main event is the most important anyway, so she still wins this game. Too bad; she's not loving this game at all. Peppa is so happy to win despite it taking three tries to figure out that she couldn't lose this game even if she tried. So we head up the mountain and park in the parking lot. I was begging for them to do the "car struggles to get up the mountain and their encouragement makes the car make it to the top" spot; but it didn't happen, sadly. Everyone gets out as Daddy Pig calls it a sunny view. Literally one second after he said that; it starts raining. That prank spot will never get old. Everyone panics and gets in the car; and yes, the roofless car does have a retractable roof. Sadly; the cars I ride in, don't. Peppa complains about the clear view and Daddy Pig finds one...Miss Rabbit's ice cream stand under a yellow striped umbrella. I would love to read Ezza magazine; because it seems to be a really popular magazine in this show. Daddy Pig walks over with a red umbrella and we meet and greet. Daddy Pig wants four ice creams: Mint, Orange, Strawberry and Blueberry. Geez; green, orange, red and blue.

Hmmm; I wonder which flavor each member of the family is getting? If I was booking this; I would give them the opposite flavor that they like as a rib. So yes; they eat their ice cream after being so happy to get their favorite colors and after a while, the sun comes out and a giant rainbow appears over the horizon. There is a wooden picnic table on the eastern mountain top where the rainbow touches down on; making it appear like there is a pot of gold. Daddy Pig's explaination is sort of BS; because I have see rainbows before without rain showers coming down in the area. It does happen after raining though; so it's not like Daddy Pig is way off base here and it's possible for it to happen during a sunshower. Again; this is the nature of pre-school shows when you have to explain it in the simpliest terms on complex science. The kids are giddy since rainbows contain all their favorite colors; including mine. Daddy Pig and Mummy Pig also claim that there is treasure at the end of the rainbow, which is total BS. It's a wooden picnic table, you idiots! So; let's find the end of the rainbow as we drive down the opposite side of the hill; which I am dead certain is illegal to do. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~! Peppa is singing of course; and she sings really well for someone who is of her age. I just love her saying the word purple as peppale. So we head up the hill to fetch a pail of rainbow nuts as they make it to the top of the hill and the rainbow has moved to the next hill. Peppa calls the rainbow cheeky; which is basically calling it a bastard. So we drive on and sing some more as they make it to the top of the hill. The family gets out; but the rainbow is gone because the rain is gone. George literally bawls on cue the second Peppa says it's gone. What a heartless bastard that rainbow is?! Oh; and they all have boots on. Daddy Pig walks over and finds the treasure and it is in a "I know how to get out of this one"; because everyone comes over and they find a muddy puddle. DING! They jump into the muddy puddle and they are muddy. Peppa calls this the greatest rainbow treasure ever. I cannot argue with that overwhelming logic there and they do the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30 approx. As they say; a moral guardian's sewer is a kid's treasure. Sometimes the kid is right. *** 1/4 (65%).

The Queen: So we finally get to a really awesome story with Episode #184 on the animation paper. Episode opens at the house on the hill with wacky trumpet noises and zoom in shot. We head into the living room with the Pig family watching Mr. Potato Head again, while Mummy Pig is eating EZZA magazine. Peppa & George are giggling and then the television fuzzes as the announcer is saying that there is a message from the queen. Peppa already loves the queen as we see an image of the queen: a crown, white hair, pink dress, arms like most characters in this show, etc. She is the only one of two humans in this show and the only one that would be considered a real person in real life. I am so interested to see what Buckingham Place will allow this show to get away with now. The Queen is voiced by Morweena Banks; only using Queen Elizabath II's voice as the kids wave at her. Queen proclaims that she has decided to give out an award to someone who was the most hardest worker in all of Peppa Pig's world. Daddy Pig thinks he has this in the bag; and Mummy Pig basically agrees with me. The Queen has judged that the hardest working character in this show is....Miss Rabbit. Yes folks; even the creators are finally admitting that the Miss Rabbit gimmick was in fact a payoff for this episode. So we see various clips of Miss Rabbit helping others and selling stuff from the check out counter at the supermarket. So Miss Rabbit closes up shop and everyone comes in to surprise her; because she's a special snowflake. Here's a question: How does everyone know it was Miss Rabbit doing all this; and not a tag-team combination of Miss Rabbit and Mummy Rabbit? I mean; these two are almost identical to each other. Strangely; there is a rhino furry with a lavander shirt on that is never mentioned in storyline at this point. Surprisely; Mummy Rabbit is not present in the group as Miss Rabbit asks why everyone is here. Mr. Zebra brings out his post bag and gives her a letter. Miss Rabbit opens the letter (after Peppa tells her to, like a troll) and Miss Rabbit is invited to the queen's castle to get a metal for her hard work. Also, bring friends as everyone is in awe of it; which causes Miss Rabbit to faint dead away. Of course! Miss Rabbit has fainted...but she gets right back up three seconds later and protests this, because she's too busy.

Mr. Bull and Mr. Zebra inform her that Miss Rabbit doesn't have to work on that day; as ordered by The Queen; because Miss Rabbit's award also comes with Miss Rabbit basically getting a holiday named after her. I should note that this is actually the beginning of the Miss Rabbit/The Queen friendship; which is explained further in the episode "London". So, despite having a day off; Miss Rabbit is driving a bus with all of the students from Playgroup who are giggling. Doesn't that count as work; or can that be written off as a holiday expense? They sing for a while as they go up the hill to the Queen's castle; complete with stylized black crosses on each rampart. Oh; and in a rare moment of sense; Miss Rabbit parks on the flat top of the hill; and not on the steepest side of the hill. GREAT~! They all get out and head inside the castle; as it is so fancy, that it might be the most beautiful artwork in the entire show. You can argue if it's a back handed compliment if you like to; but nothing I said is false here. Danny Dog loves it as Miss Rabbit tells everyone not to touch anything; and then bumps into a blue vase. Oops; indeed! And yes; the Rhino kid is never seen again during this as they are calling for the Queen as we jump cut to the Queen on her giant throne knitting a sock. Suzy asks about the queen because apparently, not wearing a crown on your head makes you not one despite the person fitting the description in every other way. Oh; and I hope the real queen of England knits socks on her throne room to past the time in real life. That would have been hilarious; and of course, this person is the queen; causing Miss Rabbit to faint again. The Queen explains that the crown is really heavy and that's why she only wears it on television. Sounds reasonable to me, more reasonable than Suzy's question of making teachers disappear. So; she doesn't like Madame Gazelle? Why? Oh; and the Queen is not the boss of the world in this storyline as Miss Rabbit calls the children excited to see her. You don't say? The queen is also excited as she gives out a medal with a green rope; which she calls the Queen's Award For Industry. Which is actually a real reward in Great Britian; albeit it is for Enterprise now. Miss Rabbit is award and she is blushing during this as everyone pops for her. So it's time for the party and everyone come out, all except the Queen are wearing their boots. If you cannot call the final spot now...you guessed it.

Oh; and speaking of the spot; there's the muddy puddle out of nowhere! This garden is awesome, so thinks Peppa! The Queen wants to walk around the puddle and Peppa -- who clearly has no respect for reasonable adults -- blows it off because you don't walk around a muddy puddle; you jump up and down in it. Remember that Peppa is the star of the show; so the Queen has to do this. I am with Peppa on this one; because the Queen jumping up and down in muddy puddles is MANY BUYS~! Even more if she does the backsplash laugh afterwards. Peppa demonstrates her muddy puddle jumping skills and the Queen declares it fun. This is such BS that I love it! The Queen decides to jump in; but Peppa cuts her off because you see, there are rules in this muddy puddles game and the only rule is: If you want to jump up and down in muddy puddles; you must wear your boots. The Queen looks down, bails and returns with green boots on. DING! And finally; we deliver on the most hilarious visual in the entire show: The Queen loves jumping up and down in muddy puddles. Everyone loves to jump up and down in muddy puddles; even Miss Rabbit! Even more buys! Sadly; no backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30 approx. I guess even Buckingham Palace thought that was too much for the Queen's image; although I find that rather pointless, since the Queen got herself dirty anyway. This episode was awesome and it lead to a beautiful friendship between Miss Rabbit & The Queen; so **** 1/2 (90%).

Perfume: So we come to Episode #186 on the animation paper and episode opens on the white house on the hill as we head inside Grandma Pig's room as Peppa is watching Grandma Pig put perfume on herself. Peppa likes Grandma Pig's Perfume De Lavender. It smells like a garden according to Peppa; because the perfume is made from the scent of flower. Peppa's got a plan! So we get some water in a glass from a tap after the jump cut. Peppa is going to pick flowers for the new perfume and Grandma Pig is fine with that as long as she doesn't pick them from the flower bed; and picks them from the grass. So Peppa skips out of the house in her yellow boots; meaning that there is a 1:1 chance that a muddy puddle will be involved before this episode is over. So Peppa picks flowers on the grass and in Britian; a glass is called a beaker. Then a butterfly gets involved and Peppa chases it and greets it. Peppa makes it to a bunch of flower pots containing dirt as the butterfly perches on it. Peppa laments about this being the smelliest perfume ever; which at least makes more sense than best perfume ever. Peppa smells the beaker and in comes George as the butterfly flies away stage left. So Peppa demonstrates her making of flower perfume and George teases putting grass in it; before Peppa cuts him off and blows him off. I wonder what grass scented perfume would smell like? George smells the beaker on Peppa's request and he hates it; so I'm guessing he likes grass scented perfume. Cut to Grandpa Pig digging in his herb garden with his spade. In comes Peppa and George as Peppa offers Grandpa a smell of her "perfume"; and Grandpa Pig hates it, claiming that it smells like pond water. Wait; why is he saying it like it's a bad thing? Peppa explains the situation and Grandpa Pig instantly changing his mind about it. George on the other hand, refuses to be dishonest and says no. So Grandpa Pig gives George a yellow bucket and he can make his own perfume. So Grandpa shows off his herb garden, containing rosemary, mint and lavander. George doesn't like rosemary nor mint; and I'm not sure if he hates lavander too as Grandpa Pig is getting a huge whiff of it right now. Oh; here's why, in comes Grandma Pig with her hat on. Grandpa Pig calls her nice as Grandma checks the beaker and smells it. Her reaction is that she is not a fan of Peppa's perfume, but since telling the truth would be considered punching down on her; she decides to say that it's nice. Flowers can be mean, yes siree!

So; Grandma Pig asks George about his perfume and Peppa lies that George hasn't made his perfume because he hates every smell. George hasn't even decided what smell he wants Peppa; you troll! Grandma Pig insists that there must be a smell George likes. George bails stage left snorting and finds a series of muddy puddles. DING! George scoops up some mud and heads back. Everyone smells the bucket and loves it because we all know how this is going to end now; don't we? They ask where he got the smell and the pigs all head to the muddy puddle as everyone gets it. Grandma Pig calls it "Perfume De Muddy Puddle"; and this is daring someone to get dibs on the band name. That should be the band name for the music on this show. Everyone jumps up and down in the muddy puddle; causing earthquakes again. Peppa loves this new scent Grandma Pig has; as well as Grandpa Pig, as they do the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Perfume and deodorant as basically the same thing; so it's a rigid gender role name and nothing else. A cute episode involving a lot of smells and the usual muddy puddle love in. ** 3/4 (55%).

Pirate Treasure: So we head to the final episode of series 4 with Episode #209 on the animation paper (and I believe that was it for the show for a couple of years). Episode opens in a field with a pirate's table, flag, and box of stuff as Danny Dog is swinging from a tire tree. It's his pirate den according to the narrator. Here comes Peppa Pig, Suzy Sheep, Pedro Pony and Freddy Fox on their bicycles. Danny asks if they want to play pirates and they all agree to it as the box contains pirate outfits. Everyone dresses like a pirate and it's time to talk like one. Danny brings in his treasure chest, and it's the most colorful cookie tin ever with a skull & crossbones on the top. Suzy calls it a biscuit tin and Danny opens it to reveal chocolate chip cookies; which Suzy calls him out on. Danny ignores it and asks if anyone wants cookies; and the kids all want it. So the tin is empty and it's time to put some treasure in it; but someone has to guard the pirate's den; and Pedro Pony voluteers, which is a bad idea since he can barely remember simple commands. Pedro tries and Danny Dog thinks he gets it and so everyone else bails stage left as everyone loves being a pirate. Well; that's one main reason why TaleSpin did so well. So we get the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM to waste time and amuse me and then the kids spread out as Danny Dog finds a pine cone on the ground. So; the treasure is all about nature. I see boots on; albeit the same color, so I suspect a muddy puddle will be found very shortly. So we find seashells, old pieces of rope and a pebble. Jump cut to Pedro propping himself against a tree and taking his glasses off because he wants to sleep on the job. The kids notice this and decide to creep up on Pedro Pony. That is distressing. They jump up and boo him to wake up. What a dork Pedro is?! Thankfully; they are friendly pirates because Pedro is a poor security guard. So we open the tin and put everything in the tin; including Pedro's glasses. So the kids decide to bury the treasure somewhere and Pedro Pony is the security guard; as long as he doesn't fall asleep. I think that is the least of your worries; considering that his visual is impaired since his glasses are in the tin.

So the kids run west with the tin as Pedro yawns so this is going to backfire as they go around the little bush (!!!) and they find a place in a field. Freddy Fox does his ten seconds of work in this episode by digging a hole like every anthro on this show. They put the tin into the ground and bury it as Peppa creates the most useless map ever. Danny draws an X on the ground and we cut to Pedro sleeping on the job again. The kids run in and Arr him to awake. DORK! Suzy asks him if he wears glasses and in comes Mummy Pony and Pedro actually does his job, about two minutes too late. HAHA! Mummy Pony asks where his glasses are and Pedro has no clue where they are; other than he put them down when they were putting treasure in the tin. Danny Dog proudly proclaims that they buried the tin. Uh-oh! Yes folks; they found a way to make Pedro Pony look like the least clueless dolt of all the kids in this scene. Fear not; Peppa has the treasure map as we follow the map and head to the X on the ground. Freddy Fox digs on the X; and finds the tin. We open the tin and after some considerable effort (which means Pedro is far sighted) and Pedro puts them on. The narrator proclaims that a treasure map is very useful for finding your glasses, even when you unintentionally bury them. Yeah; too bad they don't help get Pedro Pony out of the metaphoric deep hole he put himself in on this show. Get used to this; folks, Pedro is going to get even more dumber from here on out. Everyone does the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Great song; not so great moment for poor Pedro Pony. *** 1/4 (65%).

The Wishing Well: So; next up we continue with Episode #181 on the animation paper and open up literally in Grandpa Pig's garden with the kids and Grandpa Pig wearing their boots; so 2:1 odds a muddy puddle will be involved in this episode. Grandpa Pig shows his veggies as beets are called beetroot in Britian. We stop at the carrot section as Peppa notices a green plant that is not a carrot and Grandpa Pig deduces that it's a weed. Now come on Grandpa Pig; that's not a very nice thing to say to the troll...Oh wait; he is talking about the actual weed. Grandpa Pig calls the weed cheeky; which if it was; isn't that ass projecting? Anyhow; the kids pull out the weed and put it in the bucket as Peppa suggest growing a strawberry patch in it's place; which Grandpa Pig completely blows off. Grandpa Pig proclaims that everything has their place; so he believes in a rigid world. In comes Grandma Pig with a lawn gnome; and since it's 2012, it's no longer funny anymore; and Grandpa Pig agrees with me as he proclaims that there is no room for it or its sense of no humor. Grandma Pig puts the lawn gnome in front of a conveniently placed tree and Grandpa Pig hates looking at it. Geez; what a bigot. Listen; I might not think lawn gnomes are funny anymore; but that doesn't mean that they should be shunned. Grandma Pig asks if the gnome looks ugly; Peppa claims it's cute. Which is true. I just don't think he's funny. Democracy wins out as Grandpa Pig loses harder than a Nintendo Switch hater. Oh; and Grandpa Pig is screwed even more because here comes Mr. Bull with a blue truck filled to the brim with lawn gnomes; which Grandma Pig has ordered. Uh-oh! Looks like this relationship is declining fast and I don't think even a muddy puddle can save this one. Grandpa Pig's protesting has been rendered invalid and pointless; much like his future sex life. So we dump the gnomes as this garden has been turned into a plastic paradise of the same look of the gnome minus skin, hair and clothing color. Mr. Bull puts down a wooden box and then bails, waving goodbye. Everyone except Grandpa waves goodbye as he is not amused by this wooden box as he thinks it's a giant gnome. Grandma says it's a well and Grandpa explains to Peppa what it is which is basically a deep hole with water in it. Which might be Grandpa Pig's final resting place if he's not careful. So he opens the crate and blows off the plastic well because there's no hole on the bottom; and he cannot get his water for the garden.

Mummy Pig is not good at function; but is good at style. Very rigid genderized I might add. Peppa loves it; just not Grandpa Pig kicking at it as Grandma Pig explains that it's a wishing well; which Peppa also loves. This is why democracy doesn't work sometimes; because the function of a garden is considered more unpopular than a wishing well, even if a real well is more useful. So Peppa Pig drops a coin into the well and is wishing and Grandma Pig tells her not to tell anyone what the wish is. We all know the reason for this is that Peppa is wishing for something to mock Daddy Pig's big tummy with, since she is a troll. And hearing her whispers do not change my mind on that front. Peppa asks if wishes always come true and Grandma Pig says yes and Grandpa leaves to take Peppa and George home. So the kids and Grandpa Pig walk stage right through the garden as Grandpa Pig is moping as they exchange notes as they go up the hill, past the house and to the car. Peppa finally reveals her wish: She wants her lawn to be covered with lawn gnomes and have it's own wishing well. I don't buy that for one second; because when she was whispering, she mentioned Daddy Pig. Grandpa Pig gets inspired and we cut to the house on the hill as Grandpa Pig parks the car on the steepest side of the hill. There are a ton of lawn gnomes in the car as the kids get out; as Mummy and Daddy Pig are outside sitting on lawn chairs with cups of tea and in Daddy Pig's case, the newspaper. Peppa claims that she made a wish that came true. Daddy Pig asks what the wish is and Grandpa brings it in and sets it up all over Daddy Pig's lawn. Lots of lawn gnomes and a wishing well. Mummy Pig questions this because they don't have enough room; which Grandpa proves is wrong. George and Peppa dance around the wishing well as wishes do come true and democracy wins ever, although it's more useful on Daddy Pig's lawn than on Grandpa Pig's lawn. Everyone loves a wishing well; don't know about lawn gnomes though as they do the backsplash laugh and the tremor causes three lawn gnomes to fall flat on their faces. HAHA! This ends the episode at 4:30 approx. Lawn gnomes on their own aren't funny; but when they cause Grandpa Pig to be an asshole, they are funny. *** 1/2 (70%).

The Blackberry Bush: We head back to Series 3 with Episode #151 as we open on the white house on the hill with the gardening creeping up even closer to the house than ever before. The Pig family has buckets, a ladder, a long shepard's staff and two baskets from Mummy Pig. So Grandma Pig wants to make apple and blackberry crumble; which I am sorry for never having it nor making it and I should feel rightfully ashamed for not considering that in my life. So we have all the tools (literally and figurally in this case) as they go down the hill; heading to the apple orchard. Everyone except Grandma Pig puts the tools down and goes to a tree and starts shaking it after the count of three. All the apples come down and land in the baskets; none of them on the adult heads, sadly. Sadly; the apple tree shaking was the easiest part and Grandpa Pig is trying to weasel his way out of this blackberry picking. Mummy Pig's justification for picking the blackberries is that blackberries are tasty too. She's right; so Grandpa Pig can only whine and accept the deal. We head to the blackberry bush; which is much bigger and taller than the apple tree and has been around since Mummy Pig was a little piggy. Grandpa Pig hates this blackberry bush. Now, a rational person would say: "It's a safety hazard"; and after this episode was over, truer words were never spoken. This blackberry bush proved to be a death trap. But no; Grandpa hates it because it looks at him funny. Mummy Pig calls him silly; although calling him senile would have worked even better. Daddy Pig is with Mummy Pig as they pick blackberries for a while. George sees some blackberries that are way too high for him; and gets caught in the thorns of the blackberry bush. That's generally a bad sign that this bush is a safety hazard. Grandpa Pig makes the save and brings down the blackberries with his shepard's cane. Peppa and George take the blackberries as off-screen, the ladder is set up and Mummy Pig climbs it to the top because the best one are at the top. Never mind the artwork makes that very difficult to believe.

And here we come to one of the most stupidest moments ever in this series: Mummy Pig stands on the top rung of the ladder, which is a stupid thing to do on two feet, let alone one like Mummy Pig is. Even Daddy Pig thinks this is a bad idea and he gets blown off by Mummy Pig. Mummy Pig then loses her balance and falls into the blackberry bush and is tangled in the thorny bushes. Now; we have mocked Daddy Pig for doing stupid crap throughout this series and bigots get mad because they think this belittles men. First off; a lot of Daddy Pig's stupidity comes from him thinking that he knows what he's doing, when he really doesn't know what he is doing. Second; at least most of Daddy Pig's brainfarts don't do any damage to him and usually he doesn't kill himself. Mummy Pig falls off a F*CKING LADDER and she could have easily killed herself, falling on her head as a result; or break bones (In fact; my father suffered something similar to this and broke his foot in the process) or suffered other injuries. Oh; and watch on because this is going to get even more gruesome now. Mummy Pig cannot get out of the thorny bushes; and Peppa is now making Sleeping Beauty comments. She even does a dream sequence with her in a castle surrounded by thorny bushes and Princess Peppa is in bed snoring. Mummy Pig is not amused by this and neither am I. Aside from the fact that Sleeping Beauty contains a really horrible moment concern the inability to give consent; they are belittling Mummy Pig here after she nearly killed herself doing something really stupid. In comes Suzy Sheep on her bicycle and Peppa mocks Mummy Pig even more by claiming that she's staying for a hundred years. I realize that Peppa can be a troll; but this is the lowest point of the entire show for her right there. Suzy is now making Sleeping Beauty comments; including mentioning the non-consenual kiss scene. Keep in mind; this is a pre-school show. Mummy clearly wants to get out; but Peppa continues to talk about Mummy having an adventure. Oh; for PEPPA SAKES, PEPPA! This is not an adventure; this is a burial of a woman who nearly killed herself and is tangled in thorns.

Ironically; Daddy Pig takes the pruning shears from Grandpa Pig (with his blessing) and cuts the bushes out to allow Mummy Pig to be free. Yes; Daddy Pig of all people got to play hero. How quiant; like we haven't seen that five billion times already?! Oh; and let's make Mummy Pig look like she is cosplaying the blackberry bush like she's a fan of the bush. Granted, she was; but this is so pathetic. Oh; and Mummy Pig kissed Daddy Pig on the cheek instead, which is so quiant as well. Suzy wanted her to stay in there for a hundred years; and Mummy Pig kindly told her enough stupid crap. And yes; they all make fun of her. At least make sure she didn't break anything; most so herself. Daddy Pig even claims that they usually happens to him. Wait; so you fall down into the blackberry bush via a ladder and nearly kill yourself? So; who is enabling who here? And thank you for indirectly explaining why Grandpa Pig has this paranoia of being seen by the blackberry bush: It was you falling through it like a total moron. Oh; and they continue the mockery by picking blackberries from the bushes still attached to Mummy Pig. So everyone goes into the house and yes; Mummy Pig wears the bushes and then we jump cut to the kitchen table as everyone is hearing Peppa Pig repeat the story of doom. Thankfully; Mummy Pig has stopped wearing the bush; but the shame is never going to end since Peppa is a vicious troll who takes pleasure in the misfortune of others. Kind of like me; except they are usually people who should know better, but don't. Mummy Pig doesn't want to see another blackberry ever again...and so Grandma Pig asks if she doesn't want the crumble, and of course Mummy Pig accepts the crumble. So everyone gets messy loving blackberry and apple crumble and they giggle to end the episode at 4:30 approx. Holy me on a pogostick; that episode was awful on so many levels! And I never want to hear another pathetic man whine about men being belittled on television ever again. Yes; men have problems. Everyone has problems! And to think; I love apple/blackberry crumble; but this episode is a sad waste of it. DUD (0%).

Chole's Puppet Show: So we conclude this DVD set and return to Series 1 with Episode #41 on the animation paper. Episode opens on the boring road as the Pig family's car is going west. The narrator explains that they are on their way to Uncle Pig's house to see him, Auntie Pig and Cousin Chole. Apparently; Chole is having a puppet show and the gimmick during these puppet shows is that Uncle Pig sleeps during them, according to Daddy Pig. Mummy Pig blows him off for being such a mean troll; and claiming that he's influencing the children. As Mummy Pig was doing this; her stare is glorious. She knows it's too late and already knows that the kids already know this is going to happen even before Daddy Pig mentioned it. Ironically; after hearing Daddy Pig's explaination on why this is ture; I realize why Mummy Pig told him to shut up: Because Daddy Pig is a hypocrite who does all the things Uncle Pig does. I should note that Uncle and Daddy Pig are considered blood brothers in storyline. Now; this doesn't mean that they do everything the same, but conditioning can lead to this immunity to irony. The kids giggle and then Daddy Pig tells them to forget what he said; basically admitting his hypocrisy before he can be exposed as one. The kids giggle which means that they are on to him. So we head to the white house on the hill number two as the car pulls up and park on the steepest side of the road. Everyone comes out, except for Baby Alexender, since I don't think BA debuts until at least Series 2 at this point. We meet, greet and snort for fun; as the narrator acts like Captain Obvious again. So Chloe and the kids meet and greet; and then we head into the house as they run upstairs to Chloe's room where there is a table set up with theatre curtains and a golden plated frame. Uncle Pig made this as Chloe pulls the curtains apart and the kids are in awe over this. Chloe shows off her puppets and they are human face versions of Chloe and Uncle Pig and cosplays them; the Uncle Pig one is hilarious as we then we teleport over to near her bed as the paint and puppet making materials come out of nowhere. We make a Peppa Pig doll with red mouth and George naturally wants a dinesaur puppet which Peppa blows off. Chloe paints a dinosaur and it's the most accurate looking puppet Chloe has ever painted since she added a tail. George giggles.

So the dinner bell rings in the background and it's lunch time, with lots of pasta, lemonade and apparently; red wine. Only the adults drink it of course; but it's a little bit surprising in a pre-school show. Although; you could argue about guns in North American cartoons for children; but usually they are not seen in pre-school shows either. Maybe I should look more into this; after Mummy and Aunite have a chuckle about how similar Daddy and Uncle Pig are. Daddy Pig is not amused by this because they are totally different. Which is ture. Daddy Pig is bigger than Uncle Pig, for starters, and Uncle Pig doesn't wear glasses. Yet. Even Uncle Pig agrees with Daddy Pig; so the kids and women laugh. I'm laughing too; because the differences are too minute to make much of a difference. So the kids make the announcement about their upcoming puppet show and run up as the adults like this; so Daddy Pig and Uncle Pig want more pasta; Auntie and Mummy Pig laugh because the males do not understand the irony of all this. So we jump cut to Chloe's bedrom for the puppet show as the adults clap and take their seats. So the curtain opens and George is one who steals the show with his awesome dinosaur puppet impressions. The adults clap as Uncle Pig Puppet arrives, who is the second biggest star of this puppet show as Auntie loves the scale of realism on the tummy part; which Uncle Pig is certain that it doesn't scale. Then the puppets finally bring up Daddy Pig's claim that Uncle Pig falls asleep and snores; and Mummy Pig is mortified by this and blows Daddy Pig off for mentioning it in the first place. Auntie Pig just smiles; because you see, even she knows that it doesn't matter, since what Daddy Pig said was true and it doesn't matter because he's hypocritical since Daddy Pig and Uncle Pig are snoring together. That was awesome! It's moments like this that make me love this show. Mummy Pig was more concerned about the children being mean (despite Peppa's undisguised meaness being on full display even before this episode happened) than calling out Daddy Pig on his hypocrisy. Uncle Pig wakes up; Daddy Pig wakes up as they missed the entire puppet show, even though they were watching the first half of it. HAHA! Everyone laughs as the kids do the backsplash laugh to end the episode and the DVD set at 4:30 approx. This family loves puppet shows. Everyone loves puppet shows; mainly the Muppet Show~! One of the best episodes of Series 1 so far. **** (80%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Well; This has been a rocky road for Peppa and her Peppasodes as The Blackberry Bush is the lowest point of the show for this series. I bascially cannot stand people complaining about how men are belitted when they would have zero problems belitting women on command, if need be. Plus; Daddy Pig's brainfarting is less dangerous than Mummy Pig's. I would have called the hospital; or at least checked to see if Mummy Pig was all right and they never bothered to do either one. That pisses me off a lot more than the feeding of animals food that hasn't been tested for animal consumption. The Treasure Hunt was just boring and nothing else. The Queen was awesome and it deserves it's status as a great episode in a pre-school show: Miss Rabbit fainting and the hilarious visual of the Queen jumping up and down in a muddy puddle will never get old for me. Plus; this actually went somewhere later on in Series 5 when the gang visits London! Overall; outside of two stinkers, this was another pretty good DVD set. So there is just one DVD set left: The Golden Boots as Mrs. Duck gets her revenge on Peppa for feeding her all that bread throughout the series and it contains the most mind blowing moment in the entire series and short circuited my brain everytime I see it. Also; Horsey Twinkle toes, more character introductions, a desert island, a fish pond, lots of boats and boating and a story about Grampy Rabbit being an astronaunt. YIPPPEEE! So...

Thumbs up for Chole's Puppet Show, The Queen & George's Balloon; thumbs down for The Blackberry Bush & The Treasure Hunt; thumbs in the middle for the rest and I'll see you all next time.

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