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Twenty Years Of Muddy Puddles: Peppa Pig Series Eight #1 Rant

Reviewed: 12/20/2021
Additional Commentary/Edited: 10/20/2024

The Holiday Of Cruising Rhinos!

Okay fans; I have now decided to rant on this series full time, because I do in fact like this show enough that I can handle the best and worst of the Pig family from Great Britian. More new episodes ensue as we take a canoe trip, have a holiday at a small cottage, go to a water park, have a dinosaur party that isn't George's birthday, Pedro F'N Pony has a birthday at last, more Doctor Hamster stuff, a swimming lesson, make a garden at playgroup, go bowling and then end the season with a world cruise finally debuting Rohan Rhino and his family. Yes, we are doing thriteen episodes in this rant. This is going to be fun for me to mock. How do these episodes fare?! Let's rant on shall we..?!

All the episodes are done by Neville Astley, Mark Baker and Phil Hall. Animation is done by Astely Baker Davies animation; with the two mentioned creators and Phil Davies.

Canoe Trip: We march on with #369 on the animation paper and the episode opens on a boring river with the canoe rental shop next to it. Of course, Miss Rabbit is running the canoe shop holding up a bunch of oars and puts them in the bin. In comes the Pig family as Mummy Pig wants a canoe and Miss Rabbit puts a red canoe into the river. Lifejackets are put on the kids and finally, the adults get them as well. About damn time that happened! (2024 Gregory Weagle Says: Now will Nickelodeon spend the damn money to retroactively edit in lifejackets to all the adults in previous seasons?! Of course not.) The adults get the oars and everyone goes into the canoe. Miss Rabbit informs them that they can go left or right. Peppa chooses right and the adults "row, row, row the boat gently up the stream, no chance in hell of making progress because they cannot blush to save their lives!" HAHA! (Well, that promo sucked former self.) Miss Rabbit tells them that they are going against the flow of the river and should paddle the opposite way. (In other words, Miss Rabbit saying that you can go either way is extremely sus.) The adults turn around and paddle in the opposite direction, which is better for their bodies and minds. Miss Rabbit wishes them good luck on the megaphone as the family rows for a while. Mummy Pig wants them to pretend that this is a jungle river. Hard to take that one seriously with the recycle bin clearly in the background. Oops! (Also, a wooden bench beside the recycling can.) Daddy Pig tries to make this more violent, but here comes Mrs. Duck just to kill it in it's tracks. HAHA! Yes, she has white feathers now, instead of the yellow ones before the Golden Boots. (They can never keep this continuity straight since the Golden Boots incident, which makes me wonder if some of the episodes in Series Five onward were intended to be pre-Golden Boots and got either delayed or canceled and reapproved by the creators.) Recycled background shot of trash bin and a wooden bench ensues, just killing whatever Daddy Pig is shooting for. HAHA! Peppa wants crocodiles in this river, and Mummy thinks this is silly. Guess who pops out of the water to scare Mummy Pig? C'mon guess, it's too shocking. Surprise! It's OKAY BOOMER~! CHOMP! OUCH! Ummmm... It's Mrs. Crocodile in a swimming costume.

I think this is the first time I have seen Mrs. Crocodile since Series Five and the episode "The Zoo". The episode where Gigi almost crushed me when she said "Are you ready to see all kinds of animals?!" They exchange pleasure thoughts for a while and then wave goodbye. Head deep into the forest with the adults still rowing as they row to the edge and get off for some forest exploration. Peppa would like to see a lion and Mummy Pig thinks this is silly. I shake my head...Because, I betcha Mr. Lion shows up now. I check the video...Damn, I'm so good as Mr. Lion roars and scares the adults as Peppa and George smile in amusement. Those trolls saw this one coming a mile away. HAHA! At least Mr. Lion cannot call Gigi Gazelle a Wilderbeast; that would suck and make me hate him again. (The closest thing to an actual heel on this show I should note.) Basically, Mr. Lion invites them to the most vegan picnic ever seen. Literally no meat or fish in this diet. Just fruits and veggies. (And that salad is all leaves I should note.) Everyone loves picnics as we have eating going on for a long ass whomping time. (Thankfully, no ducks were fed.) We exchange more notes as Mr. Lion claims that the next part of the river is exciting. I don't doubt that for a second, which makes Daddy and Mummy Pig look like bigger dorks in hindsight. Back to the canoe via the magical whiplashing jump cut of doom as Mr. Lion puts the canoe into the water as the family is already in the canoe. They all wave farewell as Daddy Pig wonders what is the exciting part as he dodges one little rock. Then the adults dodge more rocks as the river is going faster. Raving Rapids, BatPig~! The adults somehow manage to row and dodge all the rocks in such a way, it exposes the limited animation and make it to a slower part of the river. Of course, George and Peppa want to do it all, like the trolls that they are. Molly Cunningham would have smiled ear to ear on that one. (The kids didn't give two craps about the fact that there was a hint of danger forthcoming. Just making the adults look like geeks.) Daddy Pig wants no part of this, but the buzzer rings and Miss Rabbit orders the canoe to come back, so Daddy Pig is screwed in more ways than one. Instead of just going to the edge and walking the canoe back to the canoe shop; the adults turn around and start rowing against the flow of the water...AGAIN! What is the definition of insanity, Edmond?

Edmond: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result. (Actually that's practice. You are not a clever clogs, and neither is former self.)
Narrator: Edmond Elephant is a clever clogs. (Elephant noise ensues.)

(By the way, if you can tell: All they had to do was row to shore, take the canoe back through the jungle and back to the station. Sure, it's a long walk; but it's safe because Mr. Lion is not going to eat a bunch of pigs since Mr. Lion is not that type of heel, even if it has bloodthirsty looks at Gigi Gazelle. Of course, that is what not happened because that would be boring and safe you see. Instead...) Peppa notices the little progress being made and out pops Mrs. Crocodile and asks if they need a push and the adullts agree to it. Yeah, Mrs. Crocodile gets below the canoe and swims for her life with the canoe in tow. Which is extremely impressive considering that Daddy and Mummy Pig are much bigger than Mrs. Crocodile could be. (The EST of WWE would have been impressed and proud of this moment. Sadly, they didn't use any action music in this scene to make it even more impressive. Presentation matters, show.) They make it to the canoe shop as Miss Rabbit wonders how they managed to swim against the flow without paddling and out comes Mrs. Crocodile for a funny jump scare. The fact that the canoe was tilted upward should have been a clear clue that someone was underneath the canoe; if the nose of Mrs. Crocodile didn't give it clear away. Mrs. Crocodile explains her actions, everyone loves canoe trips as Mr. Lion comes in for the big laugh to end the episode at 4:30. Fun episode, and Mrs. Crocodile is now awesome. *** 1/2 (70%).

The Holiday: We end this session of episodes with episode #370 on the animation paper which begins on a boring road as the narrator explains that the family is on a holiday and Mummy Pig has booked a little house on the beach. Which is basically a cottage on Prince Edward Island. Same thing basically. Daddy Pig looks forward to it and they make it to the beach and there is the smallest cottage that the family can fit in. It has a weather vane and a lot of flowers and a few vines. It looks rather ancient. Peppa calls it a fairy house as everyone heads inside, with the kids entering with ease and the parents barely getting in because the cottage was build for smaller people. They found a way to fat shame Daddy Pig, without making it look obvious. I thought we were beyond this now. (Sadly, this effects Mummy Pig too in splash damage.) They were bringing in stuff by the way; but that don't matter because they are going through the opposite door to the beach, because the beach is still awesome regardless...Oh wait, it starts raining and it is pouring and Daddy Pig wishes he was snoring. Everyone bails back into the cottage for safety. Peppa thinks everything's fine, because there is always television and computers. Not in this cottage, because it's ancient, you see. (Apparently, there is no electricty either nor actual lights. Basically, it's sleeping during a power cut for a week after a hurricane.) On the conveniently placed table is a conveniently placed visiter's book as there are pictures and words. Once it was sunny and then it rained forever. Can you not bury this destination spot even further?! (Basically, one sunny page and about five pages of rain.) Peppa asks if she can draw in the book, and that's fine. Peppa at least decides to combine all the rain with a drawing of the cottage with her family. Aw, my heart melted! (Hey, it's more creative than the rain complainers pages, that is for sure.) Daddy Pig hopes the rain will stop soon, it does not obviously. Daddy Pig is probably hating life now. To counter that cabin fever, Mummy Pig decides it's time to play a game. Sadly, it's not the Rainy Game though because the cottage is way too small for that, so a board game will have to do. Basically, the starter pieces are the same color as the family's clothing. You can guess who starts with which without seeing it.

Apparently, the rule of who starts is the youngest player, so it's George. Apparently, rock paper scissors is way too hard for these kids. (Someone must have thought that they used real scissors and real rocks in this game and rejected it. Execs cannot understand how anything works other than how to steal money legally.) We play on for a while and I have no idea what the rules are. It sounds like they are making up the rules literally as they go on. Apparently, the game is called Dawde-Dawde-Dawn and you hit the board spaces three times. (I tried to Google-Fu this and came up with nothing at all. I suspect that this game was made up just to kill time in a four and a half minute episode. Or they didn't want a real board game since it was trademarked.) The magic wave square means you go again; but you can only do this once. I mention this because Peppa didn't just do this over and over again as a troll move. Peppa blows off Daddy Pig's movement as he just cannot go anywhere. Wait, wasn't George and Peppa doing the same thing?! What a bunch of trolls?! Daddy moves to the yellow star and thinks it's good; but Peppa says no because that means he goes to prison. This is the funniest troll board game ever! (My guess is that it was Monopoly they were playing, but couldn't say that due to trademark.) Mummy asks where she starts and Peppa just kills the game outright by sending Mummy Pig to prison, thus Peppa and George win because it's a tag team board game. Yup, Peppa is trolling all of us now. Remind me to never play board games with Peppa Pig, I would lose automatically. Oh, and the rain has stopped instantly and they have their boots on. You know what is coming, you know. DING! They all go outside and there is the muddy puddles to do the earthquake ritual. DING! Everyone jumps up and down in muddy puddles and does the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30. The narrator says it's the holiday house. Why wasn't the episode titled: "The Holiday House?!" (Because the Italian holiday arc already has that episode title. "The Holiday Cottage" or "The Cottage" would have been a better name for this episode, but what do I know?!) It wouldn't have made any difference and wouldn't even have spoiled the surprise. This was a semi-fun episode, but the board game was booked in such a dumb fashion that I gave up on this. *** (60%).

The Water Park: Next up is episode #371 on the animation paper and we open at the Water Park with the Pig family entering from the western side. Miss Rabbit is at the entrance as we meet and greet with Mr. Rabbit in charge of being the life and safety guard. Cameos: Danny Dog, Captain Dog, Mummy Sheep, Pedro F'N Pony and Freddy Fox in their swimming costumes. (Okay, this is the first episode that is not a seperate video from the official site or even unofficial videos. A note: All the endings are missing from them, so I cannot tell you what happens on the end credits anymore from here on out.) Jump cut to the changing rooms as Mummy Wolf and I believe Wendy Wolf come out of the changing rooms. (Wrong former self! It's Daddy Wolf and Wendy Wolf coming out of the changing rooms.) The Pig family goes into the rooms and change in their swimming costumes. They do the slow change to kill time in a five minute episode, something Peppa Pig Tales would have trimmed to all four coming out at the same time. (That's a fair point, former self.) There is a lot of giggling as we walk towards the water park as we get the return of Peggi and Pandora in the background with Mummy Panda! I think Daddy Cat and Rebecca Rabbit are somewhere in this scene, but I'm using the usual filters that make it impossible to tell who is who. Hasbro is officially on my poop list now. (Well, that got back to respectibility at this point, former self. Anyhow, Officer Panda is in his swimming costume along with Mummy Wolf or Dog, Rebecca Rabbit, along with a kid girl rhino who is not Rohan. Mummy Cat is here, along with Not Daddy Cat in the pool in the foreground. I do see Suzy Sheep and Richard Rabbit along with Molly Mole.) Jump cut to Mummy Pony relaxing in a chair reading Ezza magazine. Sigh. In the wading pool is the epitome of cluelessness, Pedro F'N Pony kicking water with his feet in the wading pool. (Called the Bubble Bay in the UK.) We meet and greet for a while as the kids jump into the bubble bay and bubbles tickle them for a while.

It is so difficult to care about this series when Peppa Pig Tales had a water park episode that was so much funnier than this one. (Sadly, true. Although Danny Dog was still robbed as usual.) Mummy and Daddy Pig join in the fun and Daddy Pig relaxes, because of course he does. They giggle for a while and then head to the Tipping Bucket featuring Mandy "I'm in every segment now!" Mouse and Mummy "I can be scary, honest!" Mouse. Mandy explains the rules of engagement and Peppa decides to stand under the bucket like a dork, and the bucket fills up with water and splooshes Peppa with it. HAHA! Peppa screams because it was more water than Richard Rabbit watering Peppa's head in Swimming. Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig and George enter and Mummy Pig stands under the bucket like a fool and Peppa basically tells the truth, Mummy Pig gets splooshed and she screams. Damn, the women in this show are having bad luck this week with Mummy Pig and Miss Rabbit having jobberitis of the petro tank in Peppa Pig Tales. Also, crisis averted; Auntie and Uncle Pig are perfectly safe and fine, there is no breakup in Peppa Pig Tales; although George is going to get a scolding from BS&P after Baby Bumps, I am sure. Mummy Pig is so dumb that she panicked when getting wet...in a water park; and then catched herself and they all laugh. That was at least funny. Mummy Mouse should try this, maybe it will make her scary (Mandy: Not a chance of that to happen, Mr. Weagle.). We see the water slides for the small children, I assume Richard Rabbit is here as well; as well as the spiraling big water slide which is tended to by Mr. Rabbit as Gerald Giraffe slides down cutting a promo. Oh great, Daddy Pig is still afraid of heights. Again, see the end to Monkey Trees and see why I am so tired of this angle and to do it back to back is really annoying me now. (Don't worry, this is the last rant featuring several episodes that are out of order. It should end at Swimming Lesson officially. Also, this episode was doing so well until they had to bring this up and watch the writers amp it up with Daddy Pig's other problem: his eyes.)

Peppa and George slide down the slide after Daddy Pig is all ready, steady, go! Daddy Pig wants a go, but Miss Rabbit stops him because the rule on waterslides is that there are no glasses wearing allowed. Now we are eye shaming, which is much more dangerous than fat shaming ever was and all this does is amp up his fear of heights even more. This episode was doing fine until that moment, now I feel violated. See, Daddy Pig wanted to have a go on the small slide, even though he wouldn't fit in the small slide anyway because he's too big. Which doesn't matter because he unintentionally goes up the spiral staircase to the big slide. Now, I know that in Swimming, Daddy Pig went up the big diving board; but he never had as much difficulty there as he does now. (Again, Daddy Pig can climb up without problems since he didn't wear his glasses. Now, he's scared?! This is so disgusting.) They're doing it to make Daddy Pig look like a foolish idiot for a cheap laugh at the expense of the visually impaired. I've never been as angry about a spot payoff as this one. (And the fact that they did the spiral staircase to kill time spot also made me mad.) Mummy Pig is confused and the kids don't care, just to make this even worse. (This is where you shouldn't punch, regardless if it is up or down or sideways.) Daddy Pig makes it to the top and Mr. Rabbit just has to tell him about his fear of heights. What an asshole Mr. Rabbit and the writers are here?! The narrator also rubs it in, but that was more unintentional than anything else. Daddy Pig slides down the slide and makes a big splash into the pool. Thankfully, he didn't drain the pool, that would have sucked. Thank goodness that was over, this finish sucked so hard. Miss Rabbit gives Daddy Pig his glasses back as he enjoyed it because he couldn't see. Everyone laughs to end the episode at 4:30. I hope Daddy Pig enjoyed it because I damn sure didn't. A fine episode that fell off a cliff, just to make Daddy Pig look like a fool for the most cruel of reasons. * 1/2 (30%).

Dinosaur Party!: This episode is #372 on the animation paper and the episode opens at the cyan blue house on the hill with Grandpa Pig already outside and seemly prepared for whatever hits him. Mummy Pig is driving the car this time as Peppa and George arrive, with George holding Mr. Dinesaur (sic)...GRRRR!! Peppa and George come out for the meet and greet, but Grandpa Pig gets jump scared by Granny Pig in a dinosaur costume, and somehow George does not bawl his eyes out! There is character development with George now. By the way, in Britian it's called a shock instead of a scare. Granny is doing another historical reinactment, this time it's the dinosaur period. Grandpa Pig ribs Granny Pig again with accusations of a tea party commencing, and considering that this happened multiple times already, the sympathy heat for Granny Pig is at an all time low. Oh, and Peppa and George have their own costumes on various dinosaurs for the educational content, but the kids don't care as they growl because they know this will turn into a party, weither there is tea or not. (Yeah, after about four of these already, no one is buying this as serious and/or an reinactment. The real question should be: Why is having a tea party in the garden a bad thing?! Answer that one for me, Grandpa Pig!) In comes Granddad Dog with a giant purple dinosaur in his breakdown truck as he is cosplaying a dinosaur and thus was invited to the party...ERR...I mean, the serious historical reinactment. I mean, sure there are far more offensive reinactments they could do. However, we all know this won't be accurate and turn into a party because parties are more fun than historical reinactments. There are two adults in the purple dinosaur costume, which are Granny Wolf and the debut of Granny Sheep. Why wasn't she in Charity Shop?! (Yes, this episode was the official debut of Granny Sheep. Get ready to see her soon in Series Eight because she's moving in with Mummy Sheep very soon in an episode I have yet to rant on.) Of course, Grandpa Pig calls it a brontosaraus, but Granny Pig channels Edmond Elephant and Grandpa Pig blows her off on that one. (When a kid is being a smartass, it's funny. When an elder does it, it's being an asshole.)

Grandpa Pig bails into the house to make the tea, and Granny Pig acts like she isn't even pretending anymore to admit that this is for a tea party. The dinosaur cosplayers all go down the hill and the setup for the dinosaur land is so hilariously bad that there is zero creditability from Granny Pig. Maybe don't have the world so close that the camera can see the green house in the background clear as day. HAHA! The historical reinactment begins with the cosplayers just stomping and roaring in a disorganized fashion. Of course! What else are they going to do?! Considering that the dinosaurs were stupid in the end, this is more accurate than most people would give credit for. In comes Grandpa Pig with the tray of tea cups with tea, just to make Granny Pig look even more like a dork. Granny Pig claims that this not a party, and I wish it was because it would be less stupid than what they are doing right now. Then their creditability drops into the negative range as Reggie Rabbit arrived dressed like a caveman. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Grampy Rabbit is always a laugh and this is no exception. He is killing whatever hope Granny had for making a decent reinactment and it is great. He also steals Grandpa Pig's tea and sips it for good measure. HAHA! Granny is wondering why this is happening and Reggie outright says that Granny Pig stated it was a dinosaur party. Oh snap! (When Reggie Rabbit knows you are bullshit, you are bullshit. I'm guessing this is why the angle has since ended since it's been clearly paid off. Too bad, because I was enjoying this angle so much I didn't want to see it end. It literally grew on me as a fan.) Granny's hopes and dream are deader than my sex life. Granny tries to explain, but gets cut off within a second. Reggie's caveman scream is so great that everyone almost falls down shaking their tea cups. Then thing get even funnier and sadder for Granny Pig as Grampy Rabbit proclaims that her daughter is here. Remember that her daughter is Miss Rabbit and here she comes with the Dragon Robot from "The Castle", because of course! These two rabbits are crushing me at this point! Let's bump into the white house on the hill and almost destroy the house while we are at it. HAHA! Granny Pig protests this whole thing as the Robot Dragon comes down the hill and Reggie is like, whatever. I died. Thankfully, Granny revived me and let's continue with the reinactment of stomping and growling, only with a Robot Dragon who looks like it wants to crush Grandpa Pig. HA!

Grandpa Pig protests this outrage and this is one of the few times someone said die on a pre-school show. Which is funny, because saying the dinosaurs went extinct is a perfectly acceptable sub and it happened 66 million years ago due to an asteroid. (Not to mention that saying extinct is far more accurate because genocide would be not true since the deaths were not murder you see.) Peppa asks about the asteroid and Granddad Dog explains it. There is also a dream sequence involving the rock going through space, to visualize the point made. Okay, then. Granny Pig wants an asteroid for the cosplay, but cannot find one. Here comes Mr. Fox at the front of the house with his truck riding backwards. Which is far more impressive considering how steep the sides of the hills are in this show. By the way, the truck side is "Est. 2020", and I think that might be the copyright date of this episode. Mr. Fox gets out as Granny, Peppa and George meet and greet. Mr. Fox wants to sell her stuff for the dinosaur party and Granny Pig doesn't even correct him. (Even Granny Pig has realized that this angle is hosed.) Yeah, it's basically a bicker on Grandpa Pig more than anything else. Granny wants an asteroid, a giant rock that is very big. Mr. Fox has no actual asteroid (BOOOOOOOOOOOOO! We found at least one thing Mr. Fox doesn't have. Bonkers might have it in the House Of Everything, since he's bonkers, of course!); but he has the next best thing: A giant beach ball, and that will have to do. Of course! (Also, a rainbow beach balls, just to make the bigots hate this world even more.) The giant beach ball bounces down the hill, and why does it sound like it's filled with concrete?! (Don't say that in front of Daddy Pig, that'll make him nervous.) At least it didn't go off of anyone's head like Kit had it done in All's Whale That Ends Whale, but still. The beach ball bounces off the Robot Dragon as Mr. Fox is loving this party; and now Granny Pig blows him off; but gets cut off by Mr. Fox because he don't care as he brings in a pink boom box, probably sold in sets of two; and plays music. Everyone dances because this reinactment is hosed like the previous six reinactments/parties or so, and that ends the episode at 4:30. This was so great as the end credits features more Peppa Pig singing and growling and damn I'm so good because the copyright is the same as Mr. Fox's truck side. How about that?! (The song is actually "The Dinosaur Stomp" from Freddy Fox's birthday party! How about that, too?!) Episode was very fun, but they are going to run out of ideas on this angle at some point. **** 1/4 (85%).

Superhero Party: We continue on with #373 on the animation paper and the episode opens as the sports arena with Super Potato decorations on it. The narrator proclaims that it is Pedro Pony's birthday as zoom into the sports arena and see Pedro F'N Pony wearing the Super Potato costume, which means he's literally a potato in his bloody red underwear. HAHA! Pedro dances around for a while as it took seven series just to get to Pedro having a party of his own. I don't think even Suzy Sheep has had a birthday yet and she was the first new character that was introduced in Peppa Pig, back in Series One, episode three! This is so unfair. (Suzy did have one in Peppa Pig Tales and it was a bowling party.) Mummy Pony and Miss Rabbit are tending to the decorations as Pedro cuts the Super Potato promo, which is a parody of the Superman promo, just a giant middle finger. Enter Mummy Pig without costume, and Peppa and George with the same costumes on. Apparently, only Pedro was supposed to dress up because Pedro is kind of disappointed that they did dress up in the same costume. In comes Mandy Mouse, Edmond Elephant, Rebecca Rabbit, Danny Dog, Zoe Zebra, Freddy Fox, and Suzy Sheep dressed as Super Potatoes. (Absent: Wendy Wolf, The Zebra Twins, Candy Cat, Molly Mole, Gerald Giraffe, Lottie Llama, Penny Polar Bear and Richard Rabbit. What did Richard and the Zebra Twins do to not get invited to this party?!) Miss Rabbit claims that you cannot have too many potatoes. I think thousands of experts would dispute that claim, Miss Rabbit. Danny Dog is confused at Pedro's blinking of the eyes because Pedro is doing the X-Ray vision spot on Danny Dog's tummy. Pedro acting job is 1% cooler than Mummy Pig's winking in Monkey Has A Cough. It's just pretend, you see. The kids giggle as we jump cut to outside with no warning to the real Super Potato doing his promo while flying in the sky. Super Potato lands on the roof, opens the glass window on top of said roof and calls out the kids inside. He does not get stuck in the roof as he flies down to address the kids. The kids are in awe, because you see -- in storyline like Father Christmas -- Super Potato is real and doesn't play peek-a-boo like most super-beings, especially God. Super Potato called Pedro: Pedro The Pony, even though in storyline Pony is Pedro's legit last name. Someone BBQ this potato, STAT! No, not the kids; the real Super Potato! By the way, Super Potato had a message from Pedro Pony to come here because Pedro invited Super Potato to the party. Which is hilarious because it implies that Pedro know Super Potato's address. Keep in mind, Super Potato is NOT Mr. Potato in anyway. Super Potato thinks someone is in distress, Pedro merely invited him and so Super Potato flies up and teases going home before Peppa cuts him off. Super Potato apparently doesn't like parties. Maybe I'm Super Potato:

Narrator: Gregory Weagle is not Super Potato.
Me: I'm Super Donair, that's more like it. (WAH-WAH!)

Super Potato is upside down and then he decides to stay after all because there are balloons and games. The kids all pop as Miss Rabbit brings out game #1: Pass the parcel from Edmond Elephant's birthday. The kids and manchild all sit down. (Super Potato, everyone.) The rules of engagement are announced and keep in mind: the winner gets the toy inside, but you can only unwrap one layer at the time. The music plays and the parcel is passed until Super Potato gets it and the music stops. Instead of Super Potato just unwrapping the parcel completely because he doesn't know how to hold back his strength and wasn't trying to cheat, he cheats anyway by using his X-Ray vision. I realize that this was in reference to Pedro pretending to do it earlier on, but what a heel this Super Potato is?! Someone bake this potato, STAT! No, not the kids; the real Super Potato! Miss Rabbit rightfully calls him out on that, and then it pulls the thing out anyway to get the car. Which is worse now because he already cheated. If he just pulled on the parcel using his strength only, I would have sympathy for him because he didn't try to cheat, it was because he was way too strong. This was so stupid. (Again, I'm okay with Super Potato being the GEEK OF THE WEEK here, but this makes him the HEEL OF THE WEEK~! Thankfully, this is not long lasting like Mr. Lion's heel routine.) Miss Rabbit takes the toy car and threatens to throw him out of the party if he continues to use super powers and Super Potato agrees to not use his super powers during the party. (That teeth smile indicates that he's bullshitting her.) Next up is helium filled balloons as George gets a balloon and he lets go because we haven't had enough series doses of George bawling his eyes out. I betcha George wanted the green balloon instead, and he got it anyway. I think this is the second or third instance in the entire series where George cried to get his own way. (The first time was in Keys and George never got the keys from Daddy Pig, so the attempted failed.) Most times it's because he got punched down by Peppa, or something died or injured in his eyes and was very sad. Rare times it's getting frightened by his own favorite things and sometimes his own scare tactics.

Also, this is the only time so far where George cried to get his own way and got away with it, and even then; there were lots of balloons around. (Because you gotta send the abusive moral message and then be a hypocrite about it former self! It's the god effect principle, you see. By the way, this was one of the reasons why I reviewed this show in the first place. I wanted to see if this was true and while it did happened, it was so rare I saw the critics freak flag flying in the wind with ease.) George gets the green balloon and then Miss Rabbit blows up a red balloon with the helium tank. That balloon is so big when Miss Rabbit grabs it, she goes up towards the ceiling and through the glass window because Super Potato forgot to close the window. I think both the adult and manchild are to blame for this one equally. (Tie goes to Miss Rabbit since she was dumb enough to overinflate a balloon with a gas that makes stuff rise. Miss Rabbit is our GEEK OF THE WEEK~!) Suzy Sheep's unemotional promo of Miss Rabbit going up almost crushed me for a few seconds. The kids are begging for Super Potato to break the rules and even Super Potato no sells because he never breaks a promise. (Ah, he channels Captain Dog this week.) Miss Rabbit is screaming outside as Mummy Pony tells Super Potato basically that saving someone with super powers would not be breaking the rules. So, he's allowed to use them right now and the kids approve of this. Super Potato then flies into the sky and then we get the finish: Super Potato uses his laser eyes to pop the balloon, then uses the elastic arms to catch Miss Rabbit, and fly down to the ground and that is that. By the way; why bother with the laser eyes?! Just grab her and then have Miss Rabbit let go of the balloon. Then both repay their stupidity in the end. (Because they have to pay off Pedro's pretend laser eyes because he's the birthday boy. Simple.) Miss Rabbit thanks Super Potato and then Super Potato literally drops her on her ass. What a dick?! Someone make...ah, forget it! Let's just call this the best birthday party ever and do the backsplash laugh while Mummy Pony is holding the birthday cake with unlit candles to end the episode at 4:30. (By the way, every decoration has been written in by teleport including the cake! SUZY SHEEP~?!) This was fun, but remind me to never invite Super Potato to a party ever again. He might fry my house. *** 1/4 (65%).

A Day With Doctor Hamster: Next up is episode #374 on the animation paper as the episode opens at the vet hospital on the hill as we head inside Doctor Hamster's examination room with Doctor "Tortoises Cannot Climb Trees Despite Tiddles Always Doing Just That" Hamster, Peppa Pig and Nurse Suzy Sheep. (Just like that with no setup or build. It's also 10 am on the clock.) We exchange notes for a while as there is a poster of Tiddles in the background. The sign reads: "Tortoises Climb Trees No Matter What Doctor Hamster Thinks". Okay, I made that one up. Peppa calls herself Doctor Piggy. Can you be arrested for impersonating a doctor?! (Yup, in Canada anyway. Also, the fact that Doctor Hamster is using kids as helpers is very sus if you know what I mean.) Apparently, in the Spongebob Squarepants world, you can. It's time to bring in the patients. (Doctor Hamster says next patient despite being the first patient. Again, why does she still have a vet license?!) We start with Nigel the newt from Reggie Rabbit and it literally takes twenty seconds to examine him and he's fine; just drink a lot of water. Reggie is happy and takes the tank away stage left. (In Peppa Pig time, that literally took less than five minutes!) Next patient is being called by Doctor Piggy and Nurse Suzy as it's Pedro F'N Pony with his stick insect Stephen. They meet and greet for a while. Peppa wants Pedro to call her Doctor Piggy, and Pedro says "okay, Peppa" and skips in. HAHA! Peppa cannot believe this, like it was a felonous insult to her. (He knows Peppa is being a fake doctor, like a sovereign citizen being a fake God. Also, another episode where his parents don't show up.) We have the checkup; and Doctor Hamster thinks something is wrong because Stephen is not moving as Peppa and Suzy point out that this is because that is Stephen's gimmick. Yes, Doctor Hamster not only thinks tortoises cannot climb trees, also thinks stick insects not moving is a sign of illness. Why is she the pet vet again?! When Peppa and Suzy know more than you do, it's time to check the license again. Also, make sure Stephen drinks lots of water and Pedro takes his cage and skips away stage left. Doctor Hamster is the worst vet I have ever seen. (Not to mention, the clock in the background is still at five minutes. SUZY SHEEP~?!) Suzy wants to call the next patient and she calls in Gigi Gazelle with Ginger and Brian. They are her guinea pigs, I should note. Now let's see if Doctor Hamster screws this one up. Apparently, Brian and Ginger have swapped personalities, but Doctor Hamster sees them as happy, so it's all good.

Hey, maybe they had the same personalities, but one get more defined than the other on certain days. Human beings also have this trait, too. Also, they should drink lots of water. Gigi puts the guinea pigs into the cage and walks away stage left. Next up is Grandpa Pig with Polly Parrot in a cage. It just occured to me: Mr. Bull has Ginger the goldfish in a fishbowl on his person! So, it wasn't Miss Rabbit's pet all along, it was Mr. Bull's?! Maybe he's pet sitting for Miss Rabbit, I don't know. Polly even remember to copy with the narrator says, that was funny. (By the way, when Grandpa Pig is in the room, only ten minutes in Peppa Pig time have past.) We have the check up as Grandpa Pig claims that Polly has a cough, and Polly coughs in a weird way. Doctor Hamster is confused as well as Grandpa Pig coughs and Polly copies him; which Suzy sees right away. Wait, since when did Suzy know about Polly?! I would think Peppa would have noticed it first. Oh well, can you not bury Doctor Hamster even further into the ground?! (Answer: Yes, because she doesn't get it!) Worse: Grandpa Pig legit has a cough and Doctor Hamster cannot treat him because she only treats animals. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Human beings are animals, and anthros are half animals anyway. Way to bury Doctor Hamster there, show! Grandpa Pig leaves with Polly as there are four more people with pets to treat, including Officer Grey Squirrel with a blue bird. (Actually, only three new people: Grey Squirrel with a blue bird, Mummy Elephant with Edmond's favorite clever clogs lizard and Mrs. Badger with a brown chicken. Uh-oh! Thankfully, the chicken is not named.) Doctor Hamster comes out, tells them to drink water and then slams the door shut, resetting the digital counter. WHAT THE HELL?! I'm certain that this is against the code of vets. Yup, Doctor Hamster is the worst vet I have ever seen and is suffering burnout ala Doctor Brown Bear now. Time to introduce a new vet doctor to this group, because this is getting out of hand now. (Even worse, in Peppa Pig time, only FIFTEEN MINUTES have elapsed! Worst doctor ever!) Doctor Hamster is calling it a day; when suddenly a box is moving and shaking in the background, and it's Tiddles the Tortoise awaking from his sleep throughout the winter, so, it is spring at this time. Time for food and water as Tiddles drinks in a lid. Peppa calls this all brilliant and I died as everyone does the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 4:30. This was hilariously bad, but at least the burial of Doctor Hamster was funny and we can move on. Call it ** 3/4 (55%), because I feel generous. Doctor Hamster seriously needs to follow Doctor Brown Bear's example now and find a vet with a clue when it comes to tortoises.

Playgroup Garden: We continue this show with episode #375 on the animation paper and the episode opens at the school house on the hill with Gigi outside as the kids run out west. Kids: Peppa Pig, Danny Dog, Mandy Mouse, Suzy Sheep, Gerald Giraffe, Rebecca Rabbit, Freddy Fox, Pedro F'N Pony, and Penny Polar Bear in her first appearance since Families. Damn, that's not a good sign for the two mommies in general. (Don't worry, the two mummies will return later on. Absent: George Pig, Richard Rabbit, Edmond Elephant, The Zebra Twins, The Panda Twins, Candy Cat, Emily Elephant, Molly Mole, Wendy Wolf and Lottie Llama. What is wrong with Candy Cat nowadays?! She has been depushed out of this playgroup at this point.) The kids and Gigi walk down to the Playgroup Garden and I betcha this was an inspiration done by Grandpa Pig, because of course. Peppa, Danny and Penny are raising sunflowers and Gigi wonders who has the tallest. The answer is neither three because they are copy and paste art basically. (If this were an XBOX game, the Sony Ponies would be going sorched earth on the creators and would be writing petitions to eliminate all high scoring reviews of this show.) Cheap, but effective I'll say, especially when the storyline is supposed to be that the sunflowers heights are identical. Danny Dog is so hellbent on stopping this plucky guy who cannot win that he is begging for Gigi to say that his sunflower is the tallest. At least they are indentical in height and not that screwjob finish at the "Slide Race" in Peppa Pig Tales where Danny Dog clearly won and Miss Rabbit screwed him out of the win. Everyone is disappointed by the announcement, more so Penny Polar Bear. Please, she already won the hearts of people watching this show. (Except for the bigots, who want to rip out her heart and her two mummies hearts for real!) Danny doesn't have that anymore. Gigi checks on Rebecca Rabbit who is growing carrots because she loves to blush when she says that she loves carrots. A reminder: She's part human and part rabbit, so the annoying feed the animals spot doesn't apply here. Ditto Mandy as she trolls Gigi a bit loving cheese while growing tomatoes. Are we in Grandpa Pig's graden and Grandpa Pig doesn't mind them trespassing?! (Answer: Nope!) The fact that Gigi plays along without any sarcasm tells me that Gigi was legit confused at Mandy not knowing the difference between loving cheese and growing it. Daddy Pig does not have a monopoly when it comes to being dumb. Mandy finally shows off her tomatoes to use with cheese, so she might be making a pizza in future. The rest don't get to introduce their plants because the video was trimmed for some reason, probably nothing of note happened until we jump cut to Suzy Sheep complaining about her plants not growing. (Ummm, there was no jump cut, it was released complete.) Gigi suggests watering the plants. Pedro was growing lettuce, I think Suzy was growing a turnip or parsnip and the rest I still don't have a clue in the full color still shot.

Everyone waters plants in sequence, starting with Peppa because she is the star. After all this, Gigi proclaims that they worked hard, so it's time to play hard in the woods. All two trees of it, as I discover. That was funny. (When Gigi Gazelle called it the "Wild Wood", she wasn't all that far off. The kids have fun with the insects and frogs for a while.) Next up, seek and go hide and despite the video cutting about ten seconds of footage; I knew this was happening because the kids have to hide behind two trees where Gigi plays the seeker, closing her eyes and counting to ten as the narrator has to point out how absurd this game is with only TWO trees to hide. (Pedro teasing exposing himself outright before the count of ten was funny.) So, in order to kill time, Gigi has to pretend that she cannot find the students at all and it's so absurd and contrived that I was laughing my ass off. There's no way to not find them in this situation, so Gigi has to pretend that the students have vanished off the face of the earth in order to make this work. The kids literally give themselves up and give Gigi a shock just to end this funny nonsense. By the way, there is a storybook version of this very episode and in that one, Danny Dog asks that if you eat soil will you grow?! I laughed and laughed and laughed some more. Gigi's answer is obviously no. That was almost as funny as Suzy Sheep yelling "Chop the tree down, baaaaa!". (Nickelodeon is such a fuddy duddy that they didn't bother to include that line in the television series.) Playtime is over and it's back to watering the plants as I discover that Suzy is in fact growing a pumpkin that is tinier than a legit Chinese lantern plant. Suzy complains some more and Gigi suggests talking sweet nothings in their ears to help them grow. This is such quackery that it could only work in Peppa Pig and of course, all the kids are cutting promos on the plants. Suzy is such an abuser of plants as she demands it to grow. I'm not surprised, Suzy was the one who wanted to see trees get chopped down, especially when there are people in them. (Gigi realizes that she walked right into that one with that teeth smile.) Gigi decides that maybe a song will make the plants grow, because of course! Danny Dog wants the Bing-Bong song. Why not?! I haven't heard that song since the infamous visit to the zoo in Series Five and thankfully, Gigi accepts without question and here comes the out of nowhere guitar. Sadly, no "oooooooo" nor karaoke, which made the song stand out. Besides Ed Brayton is dead and thus cannot complain about it. Gigi plays the guitar, the kids giggle and the narrator says it all to end the episode at 4:30. Gigi does say "ooooo" and repeats the song in the credits, still no karaoke though. Another fun episode and really good as well. The hide and seek part was hilariously awkward. *** 3/4 (75%).

Bowling: We move forward with episode #376 on the animation paper and open the episode at the bowling ally on the hill AFTER HAPPY HOUR (after dark) which looks a lot more colorful than most bowling allies in real life. Granddad Dog, Danny Dog, Peppa, George and Grandpa Pig walk up the hill and enter the bowling ally. Peppa asks Grandpa Pig about bowling and Grandpa Pig doesn't know because he never bowled in his life, which is a rare bit of honesty in the Pig family that puts Grandpa Pig a step ahead of Daddy Pig in the smarts department. By the way, it was Granddad Dog's idea and Granddad Dog proclaims that bowling is fun. I can speak from experience, bowling is fun even if I totally suck at it. Granddad Dog is still calling Grandpa Pig an old man even in Series Eight, so the friendly feud continues as usual with no end in sight. Grandpa Pig's witty retort on this: Granddad Dog is older than self. So what?! Old is old and both of you are old. The narrator claims that they are still the best of friends as they head to the bowling shoe check out lane to rent out shoes that hopefully won't be as ugly as Jim Ross claims that they are. (Jim Ross's metaphor for an awfully ugly wrestling match I should note.) Of course, Miss Rabbit is tending to the shoes and of course Grandpa Pig is dumb because he doesn't know that their regular shoes must be taken off and replaced with bowling, which everyone puts on. I find this silly because this is the same people who puddle jump and the number one rule is that if you jump in muddy puddles, you must wear your boots. This is basically the same rule here, only you must wear your bowling shoes. Grandpa complains about the fuss for a little game. Again, what is so different about this game from muddy puddle jumping?! We head to the bowling lanes as Not Daddy Cat, Mummy Cat, Mummy Wolf, Wendy Wolf, and Daddy Pony are cameoing here as the players get the first lane on the left and it's regular ten pin bowling, unlike the candlepin bowling I play here in Nova Scotia. I have seen a five pin regular bowling lane in Prince Edward Island once. I don't think it's still around though. Danny Dog shows off his form and it's exactly like mine and he only drops two pins down. (He also doesn't put the fingers in the three holes, which would not be possible to do in candlepin bowling because the balls are smaller and don't have the holes.)

I'm sure someone will soon say: Are you sure the writers are not reading your rants?! My answer is: Of course they are not reading them! I'm not on social media, this is the dark web! (No, not really; but it's closer than you think.) Since this is only a demostration to make Grandpa Pig look like a fool which I don't mind compared to the Water Park episode. It's only one ball allowed, since you get three tries to knock all the pins down. The pins are reset and Grandpa Pig thinks this is fun as we start properly for real this time! (Peppa claims that the bowling pin reset spot is magic. Nothing changes at all in this world, I see.) It's Granddad Dog's turn to start and his form is like me being lucky and throwing a strike on the first frame, only his is all skill. (He put the fingers in the holes. Remember that one Danny, for future reference!) The pins are reset as Granddad Dog explains what a strike is. Grandpa Pig picks up the ball , throws it lightly down the lane and it heads into the gutter like I do about half of the time playing this game. (Grandpa Pig also needs to remember to put the fingers in the holes because he doesn't here. Maybe that will help his form. Or not.) Why yes, they use yellow smiley faces for the strikes and blue frowny faces (0.9 Rock Lobster Yeti) for the gutter balls, why do you ask?! EMOTIONAL DAMAGE INDEED~! Grandpa Pig don't care anyway, because it's only a game and Peppa is wondering how ineffective Grandpa Pig has been at anything over the years. Well, he did outrun a mail truck and Granny Pig's car in Stamps, so that counts as an achievement, I guess. Granddad Dog twists the knife further by basically saying that not everyone is good at games. Typical Granddad Dog, he's Grandpa Pig's best friend and keeps burying him! Peppa Pig is next and she cannot lift the blue ball because it's so big. It's as big as her torso, says I! Danny suggest picking another and Peppa picks the same size ball (the lime green one), but this one is okay for her to handle. Her trolling is so infectous, I laughed. I'm wrong, the second ball is much lighter than the first. Peppa throws the ball like me and gets a strike on her first try. OH, COME ON NOW~! Let's just make Danny Dog look like a geek even more now. (Even funnier, she didn't put the fingers in the holes like Granddad Dog did. That lane is gimmicked, I say!) Granddad Dog just twist the knife even further on everyone except Peppa; because this is her first time bowling.

And people are worried about some dead queen sending the wrong message about bending the knee to Queen Elizabeth?! Everyone bends the knee to Peppa, because she's the star of this show and everyone is a geek! Even the damn queen has to follow Peppa's rules. Just to make sure Peppa never looks like a dork, George gets a bowling slide rack from Granddad Dog to bowl the ball and he gets a strike! They don't use rails here, so even George could have still gutter ball the ball with that. It's a good thing Danny Dog's first throw was for demonstration purposes to the audience because he's getting buried here otherwise. Grandpa Pig is protesting this and Granddad Dog states that the rack is for little children. I get it; but George didn't even need it for that strike. Peppa rubs it in of course, she's Peppa Pig is a troll. Geez, the main show needs to step it's game up since Peppa Pig Tales is running rings around it right now. Next up is Danny Dog and Danny Dog bowls the ball down the lane, hits all the pins and gets a strike. Now everyone has a strike according to Granddad Dog, except Grandpa Pig of course because he's ineffective. Just twist the knife further, I'm such a dick! Peppa offers to Grandpa Pig another go. Grandpa Pig takes a red ball and bowls it down the lane. It's in the middle as Grandpa Pig is cutting a depressing promo about winning and taking part; and he actually bowls a strike. It took me countless games before I could bowl a strike, or even get a score of one hundred per string; so to do it in just two rolls is amazing. Grandpa Pig is officially better than me now! I need to get the Wii out and practice Wii Sports Bowling again. All this happened as Grandpa Pig's back was turned. Too funny. I love that he's calling them Skittles as if he has a candy craving or something. Yes, I realize that skittles are British for bowling pins and Skittles the candy is in America;' but I need some filler because this episode is almost over anyway. Of course, Grandpa Pig tries to make this seem like the Wrestlemania main event or something and no one gives a crap. HAHA! Granddad Dog nicely calls him out on his hypocrisy and Grandpa Pig don't care anyway. HAHA! Dancing and promo cutting ensue as this is the best game in the world. Hey, the math checks out here as the narrator says it all to end the episode at 4:30. (Rohan Rhino appears out of nowhere at the end, and two episodes from now, he's the main event character for the cruise.) You know what this episode is getting, best episode of Series Eight thus far. ***** (100%). It's as good as Baby Bumps from Peppa Pig Tales, and no penis references to boot! What more do you want?!

Swimming Lesson: Next up we continue on with episode #377 on the animation paper, with the episode opening at the swimming center on the hill as we slowly zoom into the swimming pool which looks like a literal wading pool for adults. Remember that for later. Miss Rabbit is addressing the kids, which is weird because Gigi Gazelle is a much better swimmer than anyone since in storyline, she is supposed to be this champion in swimming. Kids: Peppa Pig, Freddy Fox, Suzy Sheep, Pedro F'N Pony, Danny Dog, Gerald Giraffe, Molly Mole and Mandy Mouse sitting on the edge of the pool because her legs don't work like the rest. The boys are wearing swimming trunks and the girls are wearing swimming suits. I should note that in the Canoe Trip, Mrs. Crocodile was wearing a two piece costume, which is weird since this isn't something you normally see in a pre-school show. Usually, you might see it in a big children's show. (I mention this because Miss Rabbit is wearing a yellow full bodysuit swimming costume.) The kids are all splashing around for a while (with Mandy doing it off-screen) as they grab the color floats and they wobble like spaghetti. They tuck the floats under their arms and start swimming for a while, under Miss Rabbit's instructions. Since they only have to use their arms to swim, Mandy Mouse is able to do it without having her kick her legs, for obvious reasons. In comes Mummy Rabbit and Rebecca Rabbit in her swimming costume, late. By the way, Rebecca's swimming costume is the same color as a carrot, because she loves carrots of course! Rebecca goes into the pool, swims on a float and wants Mummy Rabbit to see her. Then the plot begins as Mummy Rabbit wishes to go into the pool, but she cannot swim a lick. (Wait, in Swimming: Mummy Rabbit got into the deep pool just fine. Now she cannot even walk in a much shallower pool?! Mummy Rabbit seems very sus, if you know what I mean.) Miss Rabbit offers Mummy Rabbit swimming lessons and Mummy Rabbit isn't so sure because it's a children's lesson, but Miss Rabbit blows it off because you are never too old or young to learn something new. Mandy agrees with this and Mummy Rabbit agrees to the terms, goes into the changing room and puts on her swimming costume. Wait, so Mummy Rabbit's swimming costume is in the changing room?! That's weird since I don't think Mummy Rabbit would have brought the costume on her own if she wasn't swimming. Mummy Rabbit slowly walks into the pool, because she thinks she's going to drown in the wading pool, but then realizes that she didn't and she's fine. Mummy Rabbit tucks a purple float under her arms and lifts her feet up. She is swimming and then her body bobs like a bouy in the sea and gets water splashed in her face. Mummy Rabbit does not like this at all in spite of Miss Rabbit's assurances that this is normal.

I have watched Swimming, and I don't have a lot of sympathy for her since Daddy Pig got water splashed in his face a lot more than Mummy Rabbit did and Mummy Rabbit was in that very episode! (In the pool no less!) The pool was deeper in that episode, a lot deeper; even the wading area. (Ah, the pitfalls of episodic culture in American cartoons I see.) Gerald reassures her that this is fine and it's the first time Gerald has spoke in literally years. Gerald keeps his head up at first, and now goes low in the water; so I see where Gerald has been all those years. Slow claps abound as Mummy Rabbit isn't so sure about her doing that. She doesn't want to do it, so the next lesson is Gerald's method of handling water as everyone puts their chins close to the water. Mummy Rabbit decides to try it out and then blame Gerald later if she drowns. (The drown bit was former self's embellishment, Mummy Rabbit never said that.) Then we blow bubbles and Mummy Rabbit does that without further incident. Next up, they do the bubble blowing spot with chins underwater while swimming and Mummy Rabbit manages to do this without even questioning it. This goes on for a while. Next up is called the Starfish; which is basically lie on your back and float. The far shot makes it look like Mummy Rabbit is way too big to do it due to spacing, but the close up shot shows her doing it and having perfect space even though it appears she almost kicked Molly Mole in the face after Molly explains it. That had to suck. (Nope. Mummy Rabbit's ear almost hit Molly. Sucks, but slightly less suck.) The lesson is over and everyone did so well, it's time to go the conveniently placed closet on the western front and open it to reveal the inflatable toys! Of course! I cannot do this justice, it was awsome. Gerald and Mummy Rabbit have a contest to see who can be the biggest fool on the slide, Mummy Rabbit wins as she lands on her ass hard on the floor of the wading pool. Probably has a fractured tail bone after that one. (Yeah, that had to suck. Mummy Rabbit took it well, but she's probably going to hate life after that one.) Peppa is on the dolphin, Mandy is on cheese, there is watermelons, octopi and purple crocodile which Mummy Rabbit tries to use to scare the kids and that failed hilariously. Peppa praises Mummy Rabbit, Rebecca praises her, everyone praises her while playing on the toys. Danny is on a banana, the purple crocodile turns green with Pedro, and Molly has a beach ball. Yeah, this ends the episode at 4:30. (By the way, the crocodile float changed from purple to green when Pedro got the toy. SUZY SHEEP~?!) This was a decent episode with a fun ending and not much else. *** (60%). (This episode could have been a lot better if it was Captain Dog in an ironic moment, or even one of the other parents. Why not give Mummy Giraffe Mummy Rabbit's role?! Or even Daddy Mouse in an official debut?! There were lots of good choices, but the writers picked the one adult who was perfectly okay with being in the deep pool in Swimming?! A good filter would have noticed this and corrected it. The filter needs an upgrade.)

Cruise Ship Holiday: We waste no more time than is needed because this episode is #378-#381 on the animation paper. The episode opens at the little house on the hill as the Pig Family is greeted by Granny and Grandpa Pig with the yellow car pointing down the steep hill. Sadly, we'll never see the car roll down the hill because this show hates money, or something. Mummy Pig has Goldie in it's fishbowl and Peppa and George are chasing each other using a shopping bag. Why?! Why not?! The grandparents ask if the adults are okay with Peppa and George joining them on a holiday trip and Daddy Pig is fine with it as long as they call on the phone. The kids and the grandparents get into the car and it's time to LET'S GO~! The yellow car is now on a boring road as Peppa asks where they are going and Granny Pig states that they are going on a cruise. (The yellow car has a white roof and somehow the baggage doesn't fall off despite not being tied to the roof. SUZY SHEEP~?!) I should point out that this aired about a month before the sequel to the My Friend Peppa Pig game, which the theme is a cruise ship sailing around the world, including London even though Peppa and George live in Britian in storyline. It's comical. Anyhow, Grandpa Pig states that it's like being on his boat, but just a little big bigger. Remember that for the next scene as we jump cut to the yellow car parking on the docks. Peppa notices it right away as we zoom out to see that the cruise ship is so big that it literally requires it's own lift. The kids and the grandparents all go into the lift and go up onto the deck of the cruise ship as they are greeted by Captain Otter and her second appears to be Not Daddy Cat, although there is palette swap of Daddy Cat guarding the life earlier. (Captain Otter is voiced by Aleah Aberdeen, whom also appears to be the voice of Mummy Polar Bear as well.) I'm guessing that it's not Daddy Cat because Daddy Cat would have made small talk with Peppa since Peppa is friends with Candy Cat anyway. (At this point, I'm not going to bother revealing cameos since the vast majority of them in this scene are too small for me to see.) Captain Otter checks the tickets and everything is fine as the group goes to their cruise cabin which is basically a hotel room on a cruise ship. (Complete with matching slippers.)

Peppa and George love it and Grandpa Pig loves some sea air on the look out; but his buzz is ruined by Mr. Stallion and Mrs. Corgi, because of course! Grandpa Pig bails to explore the ship with the kids as Corgi and Stallion wave goodbye and don't care. They just wanted to see Grandpa Pig be annoyed and they succeeded. (Mrs. Corgi says goodbye in French I should note.) The kids and grandparents are exploring the ship as George gets giddy over a conveniently placed paddle pool and splashes water for fun. (You missed something and I'm going to do cameos for once because of one important thing. The cruise ship leaves port and honks it's horn. At ground level of the docks there is a small group of people and guess who shows up?! It's Penny Polar Bear and the two Mummies! Also, Mandy Mouse, Mummy Mouse, Mummy Giraffe, Danny Dog, Captain Dog, Emily Elephant, and Edmond Elephant among others! Captain Dog got lonely here; but since he's not sailing, this doesn't violate the stipulations of his retirement. There would be a debate about him being on a cruise ship though.) Peppa blows him off because they are just exploring, you see; George is not amused by this. Granny Pig decides to take a break and sit in the lawn chair to supervise George in his splashing as Peppa and Grandpa Pig can continue exploring as apparently, this cruise ship has turned into a mini mall when you go downstairs. Yikes! (Mr. Hyrax makes another appearance in one of the shops.) Cafes, video arcades and even a elevator; because one elevator to get into the cruise ship is not enough it seems. Peppa and Grandpa Pig take the lift and this leads to the soft play area as Peppa is all giddy and enters the soft play area. Oh no; I remember the last time we had this happened, I have a feeling that this will not end well for Grandpa Pig at all. Mr. Rhino is reading a magazine outside, which means we finally get the debut of Rohan Rhino, whom has been seen multiple times on Peppa Pig, but never in a speaking nor focused role until now. (Voiced by Giaan Verdee.) Rohan is wearing a light green shirt as he and Peppa exchange greetings for a while. Grandpa Pig tells Peppa that they need to return to the paddling pool and Peppa agrees to it as she says farewell for now to Rohan.

Geez, Rohan did absolutely nothing here; hopefully he gets more spots in the next three episodes of this cruise. (To be fair, Grandpa Pig cut them off literally fifteen seconds after the meet and greet. Sadly, Rohan's character development on this four parter didn't really occur until the end.) Grandpa Pig and Peppa go through the mini-mall which seems to have more shops than your average size mall. Yup, they are lost as usual. Still less pathetic than Daddy Pig getting lost since he reads maps upside down. (This is a case of being overwhelmed than being a geek.) Jump cut back to the western paddling pool as Granny Pig has had enough of waiting, so she will search for Grandpa Pig with George covered in a white towel. (George was in the paddling pool off-screen since he wanted to splash in the pool on-screen earlier in the episode.) Jump cut to Grandpa Pig and Peppa Pig going up the stairs to meet with Captain Otter's second and Grandpa Pig asks where the paddling pool is and Second Cat (That's my story and I'm sticking to it!) points to the conveniently placed door as the entrance. Grandpa Pig is happy as he and Peppa go through the door; but it is a SWEVERE because there are TWO paddling pools, just like there are two cafes! Is this a cruise ship, or a future city once the land all floods due to human global fuckery?! I'm not doing cameos here, most of them are not the main characters anyway. Anyhow, Grandpa and Peppa meet Captain Otter and we discover that there are TEN paddling pools on this ship! Damn, you could have fed the poor for ten years if you only had TWO paddling pools and one cafe! Captain Otter proclaims that they can tell how to get back to their cabin by the ticket identification which is Blue Square, White Triangle, Number Six. Luckly, the arrows point the way as Peppa and Grandpa Pig turn around, go downstairs and make it to door number six. They open the door and there is Granny Pig and George Pig to greet them as I discover that the cruise ship does have a pizza delivery service. How civilized, indeed?! (George is also watching Super Potato on the television of course.) Everyone sits down to eat pizza as Peppa loves this cruise ship. We see the cruise ship sailing AFTER HAPPY HOUR to end the episode at 4:30. This was just a fine start; but damn Rohan's debut was literally thirty seconds long. Even Penny Polar Bear had a better debut than this. ** 1/2 (50%).

Holiday On The Sea: We continue on with the episode opening with the cruise ship sailing the boring sea as we zoom into Cabin Blue Square, Triangle, 6 with Peppa and George sleeping in beds and getting used to the fact that they are not bunk beds anymore. Peppa and George wake up all excited as Granny Pig is reading the tour guide while Grandpa Pig wants to get breakfast first. Granny Pig proclaims that there are TWO choices here: A Mermaid Breakfast or a Dinosaur Breakfast; which we all know what George will choose, wink! wink! nudge! nudge! (George's voice actor clearly makes George sound different now and it shows, it really shows.) We head to the dinosaur cafe, the THIRD cafe on this cruise ship alone, meaning that there are at least FOUR cafes on this cruise ship. Everyone is seated as Caveman Cat arrives because the writers believe the dinosaurs era is like the Flintstones. (Now using the real Daddy Cat's palette swap.) It is not and they get dinosaur eggs, which is just normal eggs covered in spots. Then, things promptly get into "deceptive advertising" terrority because in comes Pirate Pete (A brown dog with a red beard, dressed up as a pirate. Why they didn't just use the human from the show is beyond me? It's not like Peppa hasn't met humans before in storyline. Also, Pirate Pete is voiced by Alexander Armstrong) and Mrs. Mermaid who is a gray cat dressed up like a mermaid. (Voiced by Morwenna Banks.) Wait, so we are getting both breakfastes despite it clearly being a dinosaur theme?! Oh wait, they are here to inform the entire cafe that they have a fancy dress ball lined up for the entertainment tonight featuring the two. Okay, that's fine. I believe honey toast and juice was also served with the eggs. The duo leaves as there is lots of time to kill as I discover that mini golf is on this cruise ship; but George says no to all the activities presented by Grandpa Pig. Okay, what happens next is so hilarious: Caveman Cat states that everything is available for free...except for the Ride On Potato ride. Guess which activity George chooses in the next scene: the Ride On Potato ride. Yes, George supports microtransactions. He is hellbent on draining Grandpa Pig's bank account. (Has been going on before video games were invented actually.) Funniest moment of the cruise so far as Granny Pig decides to join with Peppa while Grandpa Pig supervises George. (And drain the bank account some more.)

Peppa and Granny go to the trampoline area and Peppa takes her shoes off and bounces on a trampoline as we see Rohan Rhino back bouncing on one. They make small talk for awhile as Rohan wants to join with Peppa in the splash pool and both kids decides to get permission from their parents on that one. (Granny Pig is reading Ezza magazine while Mr. Rhino is reading the newspaper.) Jump cut to George having the time of his life draining Grandpa Pig's small change account. I hope Mr. Stallion and Mrs. Corgi show up and laugh him out of the building for this because this is hilariously awesome. (Sadly, they don't appear here, although they will appear later on for the stage show.) The music just accents the moment perfectly. Not quite Peppa calling a square dance level of hilarious, but considering how boring this cruise has been so far, I'll take it. Jump cut to the splash pool as Granny Pig is reading something while Peppa and Rohan are giggling and sliding down the slide. (Former self missed something important: Guess who shows up here?! Lottie Llama in an orange swimming costume. Yup, this is Lottie's second appearance on this show. I missed that one in the previous review!) Back to George's quest to kill Grandpa Pig's credit rating. Sadly, Grandpa Pig's small change account is now zero and George has to accept defeat. Damn, this would have been even funnier if Mrs. Corgi and Mr. Stallion showed up; but it's Granny and Peppa Pig showing up, so it's time to freshen up for the show tonight. Jump cut to outside as the cruise is approaching sunset. We head to the theater as everyone has dressed up as pirate, natch. Daddy Rhino, Mummy Rhino, Mrs. Corgi, Mr. Stallion and Mummy and Daddy Elephant have joined Granny, Grandpa, Peppa and George seated. (It might be Granny and Grandpa Elephant for all I know former self, and Granny Elephant is supposed to return in a major role later on in Series Eight.) On stage is Pirate Pete to address the audience as he invokes the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM while using a prop pirate boat. I swear that this would have been suited for Captain Dog or even Granddad Dog; but Captain Dog cannot do it due to THE STIPS~! (This is one of those things that if it wasn't on a cruise ship; then there would be no doubt that this is okay. On a cruise ship, that's an interesting debate since Captain Dog technically isn't the captain of the ship, thus not the sailor, so it's possible that is cannot violate the stipulations of his retirement. Maybe the writers should have tested the waters on this just to be sure.)

Pirate Pete captures a mermaid, yawn. Mrs. Mermaid protests being called a fish, yawn. There is way too much exposure from the deckhands to make this sound believable; but this crowd doesn't care anyway. (The deckhands are Not Daddy Cat and Daddy Cat swapping wheeled stage scenes.) There is an island prop stage complete with a purple CHEST OF DEMONS, and I'm not talking about Pirate Pete's chest here. (I've seen that chest and there is no hope since Pirate Pete's existence only lasts for this cruise ship.) The funny moment is Mrs. Mermaid winking to the audience after forgetting the FCC WORD OF THE DAY because she has the memory of fish. That one I laughed out loud. (Because the wink is supposed to be a joke, since she wanted the audience to figure this out. This is an interactive stage show.) Pirate Pate asks for the audience and Peppa Pig cannot say abracaba to save her life, so she has the memory of a fish. Fitting since Peppa is dressed as a mermaid for this event. Then the chest opens anyway, Mrs. Mermaid climbs into the chest, the chest closes, the audience gets it right and Pirate Pete says the words, opens the chest and it's filled with plastic gold coins. Of course! What a fool I am?! (You art a fool indeed former self. The coins are not made of plastic, they are chocolate coins for the audience.) Too bad, I know the secret to the Buried Alive match in WWE, so I know that Mrs. Mermaid went through a secret trap door and is underneath the rolling sand dune anyway. But wait?! Now we have to bring back Mrs. Mermaid and Peppa Pig accepts this challenge as she runs on stage. Pirate Pete of course calls her Pepper Pig. (Joining Mr. Potato as one of two character who both mispronunce and misgender Peppa Pig at the same time, and probably run afoul with trademark law with Doctor Pepper.) Peppa and company say the magic words; a puff of smoke ensues and out of the chest comes Mrs. Mermaid and that's the end of the show. That's the end of the show. Everyone claps slowly for that one as we scene change to the cruise ship AFTER HAPPY HOUR at the look off with the grandparents and the kids in their pjs wrapping up today's activites. But wait, Grandpa Pig gets splooshed and we see a giant whale next to the cruise ship; because why not?! The narrator says it all as the whale is smiling to end the episode at 4:30. That was a fun ending to a better episode in general. Although Rohan has so far been a nothing character at this point. *** 1/2 (70%).

Tropical Day Holiday: Episode opens the exact same opening as the previous episode, only when Peppa Pig wakes up, she's then starts reading the tour guide. HAHA! But wait, there will be no activities on the boat today, because Granny and Grandpa want to leave the boat for an island exploration day because you see, cruises offer off boat stuff like exploring an island since they are still a long way from home. They use the lifeboats to bring customers down to island level, since there is no modern elevator on the island to use, which I suspect is Hawaii, given the amount of Hawaiian culture references being used here. (Also of note: Mummy Bear and Daddy Bear are together with Not Daddy Cat speaking and Daddy Cat just sitting there. You'll see them again soon enough in Series Eight.) Jump cut to the marketplace which is a tropical version of the episode The Market. (The adults and kids are given flower necklaces when they are on the docks by two anthros I do not know who they are and the Peppa Wikia doesn't even bother to identify them.) One of the booths appears to have Mummy Mouse selling stuff. Hope it's not scary sounds, that is a failed venture that Mandy Mouse would laugh out of the building. Since they are sighseeing, they might as well buy some gifts for the ride back home. Grandpa Pig picks up a tasteful tropical shirt, while Granny Pig picks a tropical gnome. (I'm sorry, I have no idea who the sellers are.) Not enough of a twist to impress me Granny, sorry. More gifts as Peppa confuses a ukelele with a guitar, Tiny Tim is rolling in his grave somewhere. (Thankfully, the palette swap dark-skinned woman goat selling it corrects her and cuts a really nice promo to boot!) Ironically, this one of the few words George can correctly pronounce! Awesome! Oh, and despite not having a lift, the stores use mobile devices to scan credit cards. That made me laugh. (Hey, at least it shows that they were paying for the stuff and not getting it for free, if you know what I mean.) George ukelele playing is far better than mine and even that made the grandparents cringe. Also funny. In comes Mummy Rhino and Rohan Rhino has a wooden box with holes in it.

Apparently, Rohan has a pet beetle (bird?) named Bellid (?sp), which is the most character development Rohan has had since the arc started. (Okay, Rohan has a pet beetle named Bernard according to the Peppa wikia. The accent must have confused former self and it sure confuses me now, since I think he said "Berlyn". The insect I have zero confusion over though.) Peppa then realizes and panics because she needs a present for Goldie, thus justifying Goldie being present at the beginning of the first episode in this arc! Peppa describes Goldie and Rohan deduces that Goldie wants a plush Wailmer from Pokemon basically. Geez, it almost looks like one actually. Granny agrees to buy it not caring if this was the right present for Goldie or not; nor the possible copyright infringement from The Pokemon Company. (I can hear Pocket Pair's defense for this and reference this show right now. Too bad the lawsuit against Pocket Pair is for patent infringement that has nothing to do with an art style despite everyone's revenge fantasy wet dreams kicking in.) Here comes Mr. Stallion and Mrs. Corgi to poke fun on Grandpa Pig again. Too late, old chaps. You had a better chance of appearing when George was draining Grandpa Pig's bank account with the Ride On Potato in the last episode. Notes are exchanged and Grandpa Pig wisely bails to make a phone call before he blushes for real. The kids and grandparents make it to the house with the only red phone on the entire island and it's not even a payphone. HA! Granny Pig dials the phone and wonders what is going on at the little house on the hill. By the way, we jump cut to the little house on the hill AFTER HAPPY HOUR calling up Daddy Pig in his bed with Mummy Pig who were sleeping and now have to answer the cellphone with the lights on. Mummy Pig's look is priceless, as to say "Why didn't you call before you went to bed on the cruise ship?". BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Granny Pig is so clueless, just daring Mummy Pig to give her the stink eye in this scene. Yes, Granny Pig decided to call up Daddy Pig in the middle of the night. I laughed my ass off seeing this. (Even when Peppa is not trolling on Daddy Pig, she's unintentionally trolling on Daddy Pig. I love this!)

Peppa is on the phone and wants to see with Goldie, Daddy Pig turns on the lights, goes downstairs to the television where the fish bowl is and puts the phone near Goldie. Peppa then recaps the entire trip for Goldie and Peppa sounds like she's hyperventilating while talking. This is the funniest part of the entire trip, bar none. Peppa then asks: "Do you remember me?" I died and went to heaven after that one. (Goldie bubble talks to indicate that yes, it's all right. Peppa treats Goldie a lot better than she does Teddy. Just don't have Goldie near Grandpa Pig ever again, his spoiling is dangerous.) Mummy Pig comes in to ask if everyone is all right; and I'm certain she is screaming inside to want to strangle Granny Pig for waiting until RIGHT FUCKING NOW to call them! George gets the phone and proclaims that the best part was...Potato. (He can pronounce ukelele properly, but pronounces potato "tato". I laughed more some. If Rohan was a bigger deal, this is a perfect episode for sure.) Okay, this might be the best Peppa Pig episode since Bowling now. The adults are confused, the wah-wah sound is used. I laugh my ass off again. We jump cut back to the lifeboat sailing to the cruise ship and being lifted up. Everyone gets on the cruise ship and they probably could have ended it right there or even gave us more interactions with Rohan Rhino; but Cartoon Duck Syndrome has to strike again because we still have less than a minute to go. At least here, there is a fourth episode to go before finishing, so it's not really Cartoon Duck Syndrome. Guess who they meet next?! Mr. Fox and the cruise version of the House Of Everything. (Est. 2022 just to reveal the copyright date of this episode.) At least Mr. Fox has talent...of abandoning Freddy Fox very chance he gets. They exchange notes as Mr. Donkey buys a red beard during this. Yeah, whatever. Grandpa Pig wants food and we end the episode at 4:30 with the grandparents and the kids in formal gear eating pasta with sauce on the deck of the cruise ship. (Not Mummy Cat is one of the servers I should note. George calls it "pighetti" again.) I see someone succeeded in getting that tomato sauce on the pasta after the Families incident. Sunset occurs and the cruise ship is nearing it's end route now. The best episode of the lot and I doubt anything will top it now. **** 3/4 (95%). Sadly, Rohan has proven to be just there at this point.

Sailing Home: We end this four parter with the episode opening on the cruise ship sailing the boring seas, only this time we zoom in to the same cafe mentioned in the first episode of this arc. How about that?! (Nope, it's actually the space themed cafe for the final meal before going home for real.) The grandparents and the kids are sitting at the table as Peppa doesn't want to go home. (They are having toast with jam and honey.) I guess she realizes that human global fuckery is irreversible and this is her only place where she can be a whole troll. However, Granny mentions Mummy and Daddy Pig and Peppa changes her mind, because she really wants to be with Goldie. However, we have four minutes left in this entire arc and so let's do more stuff to kill time. George wants the "Ride On Potato" ride of course, because he's not done draining Grandpa Pig's bank account yet. Peppa and Granny decide to go to the splash pool again. A million things on this cruise ship and they all want to go back to what they did first in the second episode. (Memory of a fish, indeed!) Jump cut to Granny and Peppa walking on deck near the mermaid splash pool as Rohan Rhino and Peppa exchange notes. Apparently, the animators just kept Peppa in her regular gear instead of a swimming costume, I don't know why. Out comes Pirate Pete panicking because his chest has been stolen. Nah, your chest is right there and there is no hope for that anyway. Captain Otter arrives as apparently, Mrs. Mermaid is gone, too; as they do the memory of a fish again. (That was suppose to be a joke, not her being forgetful in storyline.) Rohan asks why he doesn't use magic and Pete has to weasel word his way to saying that he cannot use magic and Peppa basically calls him out on it anyway. Captain Otter suggests having the children join in the search. Good, it's about time Rohan Rhino got something to do in this arc. Peppa suggests going to the dinosaur cafe to look for her because that's where we met Mrs. Mermaid two episodes ago. A good lead, but sadly she's not there and the cafe is closed according to Caveman Cat. (After hearing it's voice, I have deduced that this is Daddy Cat for real and this is one of his jobs.) The next place is the Showtime Stage, again, another place they met two episodes ago. I'll give the writers credits, they are doing a good job of paying off the continuity from two episodes ago and making it mean something. Sadly, Mrs. Mermaid is not here and somehow the cleaner knows who Peppa Pig and Rohan is without meeting them once. (Not Mummy Cat did appear as a server at the end of the previous episode though.) Huh.

Peppa decides to go shopping and it's off to see Mr. Fox basically cleaning up his shop to leave as well. No dice there, either and Mr. Fox's response is kind of creepy actually. (I think former self was referring to the inflatable flower that looked like a breast implant.) Mr. Fox offers a fishing net and the babyfaces are like, nope; and bail into the mini mall. No luck there either.It looks like this angle is going to continue until literally thirty sec..Oh wait, they found her at the Mermaid Splash Pool. HAHA! It makes sense, but couldn't you wait another minute or two before finding her?! Better yet, have Rohan deduce that she must be at the Mermaid Splash Pool because that would make the most sense and put Rohan over at least. Yup, they are rebuilding Peppa to be an unstoppable monster again. Mrs. Mermaid went to the tropical fruit store to buy cubed mangoes for the kids to eat. That's awfully convenient of her, isn't it?! Pirate Pete wants to say goodbye; but Rohan and Peppa refuse to say goodbye because Rohan hasn't been put over yet. Umm, that's decent enough; you are now over Rohan. I betcha Rohan will be at playgroup once the new episodes of Peppa Pig are released. (Still waiting as of this day so far, although this is the last episode I officially ranted on for the main series, so anything can happen.) Granny suggests being pen pals basically; and all is well as Rohan and Peppa are good friends now. Uh-oh! Suzy Sheep isn't going to like this, and those trees are no longer safe from her wrath. (Betcha nothing happens and everyone forgets since the show is episodic.) Granny proclaims that there will be other holidays as George has to say goodbye to the Ride On Potato which has to be the cruelist goodbye in Peppa Pig history. One of the ushers empties the ride and we are at the docks now. (The docks are with the exception of Mummy and Daddy Pig, the exact same makeup as in the beginning of this arc! Meaning we get to see the two mummies and Penny Polar Bear one last time.) The grandparents and kids have their stuff as Captain Otter thanks them for their patronage and Peppa proclaims that they'll be back with Mummy and Daddy Pig this time. That is actually true, but you have to play the video game Peppa Pig World Adventures (Available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, XBOX (One, Series) and PlayStation (4/5).) and discover new characters not in the mainline nor Peppa Pig Tales series yet! Speaking of the parents, the kids and grandparents take the elevator down to meet them and Goldie the fish in the fishbowl. At least Goldie didn't get all big and fat like the Italian holiday in Series Four. Anyhow, we exchange notes, pleasure thoughts and Grandpa Pig showing regret. HAHA! Goldie loves the whale by the way as Peppa Pig cuts a promo and everyone does the backsplash laugh. (Also, a cameo of Mr. Badger with Mrs. Badger in a dress!) We zoom out to see the cruise ship to end the episode at 4:30. This was very good finish to a mixed bag cruise ship; but Rohan's debut was more disappointing than Penny Polar Bear's debut. *** 1/2 (70%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Well, this was a fun mix of shorts this time around. Bowling is the best episode of Series 8 thus far and I doubt anything will top it. If you love bowling, you'll love this one and I do love bowling. Peppa getting a strike on the first try and Grandpa Pig doing on the second is what makes cartoons great: We suck at probabilities, and it still works out in the end, so doing the same thing over and over again might be insanity, but sometimes you do get a different result. This is what practice is. Dinosaur Party was the only really fun one of the set mostly due to the cosplayers losing credability by the second with their reinactment as there is no way this can be accurate enough to be taken seriously other than being a party. Also, Grandpa Pig continues to be right all along about the tea parties, so there is that. The Tropical Holiday was the best episode of the entire cruise ship trip, which is ironically the only time the characters were on land, but Rohan's debut was really disappointing and flat since they didn't really give him anything to do until the last quarter and it wasn't anything special. Hopefully, Rohan plays a bigger presence later in the Series. You have to watch this one just for the phone call to home, it was the best thing on the trip bar none! There was one extremely bad episode in The Water Park, which started off decent and then fell off the cliff once the writers mocked Daddy Pig's eyesight to prevent Daddy Pig's fear of heights which they already did back to back in Monkey Trees. Just horrible and made worse by the fact that the other water theme park episode in Peppa Pig Tales was so much better, even if Danny Dog got screwed, AGAIN!

Well, that ends all the additional commentary for Peppa Pig in the mainline series. I do not plan to do the same for Peppa Pig Tales for at least until 2029 when the brand reaches 25 years old. However, there are still 39 episodes left that have names and roughly a large portion of those are officially online now. From weddings to caravans to Granny Sheep moving in to Suzy's house to the two mummies showing off their house and even an arc on an apartment building. Cousin Chole has a birthday, and so much more to see. In November of 2024, I'll be starting those episodes in full as I'm taking the rest of October 2024 off to enjoy myself. I'll still do Peppa Pig Tales and the game lists, since those are light enough for me to enjoy. I hope the TaleSpin reboot gets announced next year for real so I won't have to worry about if it's still in the planning stage and gets cancelled for whatever excuse Disney has at the time. Honestly, I look forward to the show being rebooted because I don't remember 90% of my childhood and the rest of it outside of a few exceptions (TaleSpin being one of them) was awful to me. Compared to most reboots, TaleSpin is more than fresh enough to reboot since it only had one canon compared to the dozens found in most comic book reboots anyway. So...

Thumbs up for Bowling, Tropical Holiday and Dinosaur Party. Thumbs down for The Water Park. Thumbs in the middle for the rest, and I'll see you all next time.

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