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Peppa Pig VS The World Rant

Reviewed: 03/13/2021

Like What The Tin Says!

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. Well everyone, I owe you all an apology. When it comes to Harley Bird episodes of Peppa Pig, I made a grave mistake. I thought I had done all the episodes and assumed the "Around The World with Peppa" 15 minute special was basically a clip show with live action scenes. I was wrong, it was a 15 minute special like the Golden Boots was. It is in between Series 4 and 5 during that time when the creators decided to basically reboot Peppa Pig into the show that it is now. Also, Peppa is headed to America to see how ugly it is and star in a movie about broccoli in space; and then we do some hopping and skipping and jumping for fun as a bonus to round out the equalivent eight episode limit. 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.

Around The World With Peppa: Next up is episode #212 (from March 6th, 2016, so it aired six months before Series 5 began) on the animation paper as the episode opens in the garden with Peppa and George wearing their boots, just to telegraph the final spot well in advance. You know what it is, you know. *nods*. Wendy Wolf has the spotted ball, Freddy is around, Emily and Edmond are wearing safari gear, Danny Dog is wearing mountain climbing gear, Suzy is wearing winter gear (and thus is the most out of place kid in the room) and Pedro is swinging like Tarzan on a tire swing wearing a jungle outfit. It's really sad that Pedro has forsaken the cowboy gimmick, despite the cowboy gimmick fitting him more than John Wayne ever could. Peppa and Wendy are tossing the bouncy ball at each other as the kids all discuss their holiday plans; which in British context means vacation plans. Peppa's vacation involves going to the park to jump up and down in muddy puddles. So, every ten episodes or so of Peppa Pig. The kids are in awe because of course! Pedro's going to the jungle, Suzy is going to the South Pole to play with penguins; which Freddy nicely blows off by giving her a box of plastic penguins which Mr. Fox sells in bunches of five. Of course! Emily and Edmond are going to the desert to study rare lizards, because Edmond loves education and is a clever clogs of course! The ding dong sounds clearly makes this as if this working holiday is a bad thing, I should note. Danny is going mountain climbing with Daddy Dog, because they cannot go sailing due to the STIPS~! Sadly, we never get to hear Wendy's nor Freddy's holiday plans. Freddy probably is going to sell stuff with Mr. Fox and Wendy will probably howl at the moon at some point. Who knows since Mummy Pig calls Peppa from the little house on the hill; which is in fact their address (Stamps episode). Peppa and George run up the hill to meet Mummy and Daddy Pig as they go into their car. And it's time to go onto the boring road to the park and end this episode in three minutes. DID I JUST SAY...Oh wait, never mind. Peppa giggles and they love their car while Daddy Pig honks the horn.

And apparently, he honked the horn way too hard and the car breaks down and stops. Daddy tries to restart the car, no gas nor dice as Mummy Pig brings out the cellphone of doom and rings up Miss Rabbit and despite having a chipmunk voice, she can clearly be heard clear as day. Miss Rabbit is on her way via her red airplane, because of course! The front of the props is flashing green and sadly, Freddy isn't there to enjoy the siren. I wouldn't be surprised if he and Wendy are written out by teleport at this point. Miss Rabbit lands her plane and brings out her tool bag and opens the engine to notice that the engine is really not working right. Daddy asks if Miss Rabbit can fix and Miss Rabbit says "yes". But wait, it will take all day and Peppa is not happy with that. Miss Rabbit tells Peppa that the family can borrow the airplane while the emergency continues. I would like to say that this is dumb; but Granddad Dog allowed the family to use his car of the future during a repair in previous series'; so it's not like I have not seen this before. It's pretty on-brand with the Peppa Pig as George likes airplanes of course. Mummy asks how an airplane works and Miss Rabbit claims that it's like driving a car. Ah, so it was Miss Rabbit who gave Kit Cloudkicker those flying lessons then! Maybe he should have stick to Baloo instead, since I'm sure this is not how it works. So, the entire family gets into the plane and we take off into the sky with glee. Somehow, Daddy Pig is not scared of heights here, not like cartoons ever get these little things straight anyway. Mummy Pig is the pilot and she really gives it a whirl, like a flying ace would despite in storyline, this is likely her first flight. They do the upside down spot; so Peppa can cut a promo about the sky on the ground and the ground in the sky sequence. Then, Mummy Pig decides that this is enough nonsense for one day and decides to fly the plane normally. Sadly, they have no sense of direction as they fly out to sea just to give Grampy Rabbit a ten second cameo. Peppa asks if they are there yet, and I don't blame her. This path they are taking is so obvious that they are lost.

And of course, when in doubt; blame Daddy Pig and his inability to make sure that the map is right side up before you read it. Not that it matters in this case, since no map is going to help them here anyway. Peppa of course blames Daddy Pig for getting them lost and being grumpy and of course Daddy Pig blows her off...while being grumpy. So, they are over a rainforest area meaning that they are in the jungle and not the park. Mummy Pig wonders how to stop this plane and Miss Rabbit's stupidity rears it's ugly head again because there is the hand brake next to Mummy Pig. Mummy pulls the hand brake (CLEVER CLOGS~!) in mid air and of course the plane just falls straight down and lands on the ground in the rainforest. I should note that Mummy Pig was holding the steering wheel the entire time and it's implied that the steering wheel is indeed wireless. Yeah, that was silly. Butterflies and flies fly around as Peppa and George jump out and are not amused by the lack of park stuff like swings. and roundabout Speaking of swings, here comes Pedro Pony swinging like Tarzan and wailing. He lands perfectly without having to WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE~! Wow, maybe this is Pedro's calling after all. So, Peppa and Pedro meet and greet. There are parrots and monkeys; not much else other than giggling. TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM ensues as Peppa and George swing on vines while we get the FPS shot through the jungle of monkeys, parrots and butterflies. Giggling end the song as Pedro answers the question of muddy puddles...no puddles for Peppa, sadly. So, Peppa and George climb back in the plane as it's Daddy Pig's turn to fly the plane. So Daddy Pig literally drives the plane through the jungle while laughing about how it is like a car, snapping vines and having stuff surround the plane. Kit Cloudkicker can take solace that he is still a much better pilot than Daddy Pig. Heck, he's better than both versions of Launchpad, despite his massive size! More on that when I rant on "The Lost Cargo Of Kit Cloudkicker!". Peppa points out the obvious flaw in Daddy Pig's thinking and thankfully, Daddy finally flies the plane up into the sky. Yeah, this is silly.

So, Peppa decides that Daddy Pig will likely never get to the park at this rate; so let's have him fly to other areas of the world to meet and greet the other kids on holiday. Mummy Pig is perfectly fine with this, since it means Daddy Pig will not be buried any deeper in the Earth than he already has been thus far. So, we head to the top of a steep mountain that the summit is a literal point to it. We see Danny Dog and Captain Daddy Dog mountain climbing, which doesn't violate the stips, so everything's fine. Captain Dog claims that the best part of mountain climbing is you are all alone...except that your son is with you of course. Oh, and here comes the airplane right on cue. Peppa Pig is such a troll. Oh, it gets better: So, the plane around the mountain as Peppa Pig wants to land the plane and Daddy Pig isn't so sure because it's tricky and wishes those summits were flatter. And you wouldn't guess what happened here? Daddy Pig lands the plane directly on the mountains without incident. And in the world of Peppa Pig; this makes sense because they ALWAYS park the cars on the steepest sides of the hill anyway. Of course this would work! Gotta love Peppa Pig logic here. The family all walk to the top with ease, WITHOUT MOUNTAIN CLIMBING GEAR mind you, and greet Danny Dog and Daddy Pig, effectively burying both of them deep within the earth. Danny Dog is happy, so he don't care. And just to make the troll job complete: Daddy Dog admits that they were supposed to be the first to get to the top of the mountain! I howled with laughter, because Danny Dog is the plucky guy who comes up short. Although this one was Peppa's fault this time and nothing Danny Dog actually did. Mummy Pig sort of apologizes for it; but Daddy Pig is all like remorseless and hopes that they climb down. And just to pile on to the burial of the Dog family even more, Peppa invokes the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM which Captain Dog wants no part of. This is both "HAHA" funny and really sad at the same time. Captain Dog does sort of make it to the top as the Pig family bails and it's time for Mummy Pig to fly the plane again.

But wait, she pushes the hand brake (CLEVER CLOGS~!) and the plane races down backwards. Of course! Peppa is not amused as Daddy wants to go up; so Mummy Pig starts the engines and the plane stops going backwards and flies high into the sky as Captain Dog and Danny Dog make it to the top, still in second place. As usual. Peppa invokes the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM to waste more time since there is six minutes left in the episode! So, after flying over tropical islands at sea, Peppa wants to go see Edmond and Emily who are in the desert noticing a lizard on a rock that looks like the lizard I saw Doctor Hamster show in an episode, so it's not unique by any means. Doctor Elephant and Mrs. Elephant walk in as the lizard squeaks and Edmond calls this interesting. It's funny how Doctor Elephant is a dentist, but sounds like someone who clearly missed his calling of being an animal biologist. Kind of like Kit being a pilot where his calling is Cloud Kicking with Danger Woman. Dr. Elephant thinks sudden loud noises will scare it, so here comes the TROLL AIRPLANE OF SCREAMS to scare the lizard away. Of course! The airplane lands and sinks in the sand of course; because Mummy Pig is dumb. This is going to make mocking Kit Cloudkicker as an adult even funnier now in hindsight. The fact that Daddy Pig is asking one of the dumbest questions of all time makes this an even bigger troll job on Mummy Pig. I'll leave the question asked as an exercise to the reader. Peppa and George hop out to meet and greet with Emily Elephant, so she probably isn't all that thrilled about this work holiday Edmond has put her in, since she's not calling them out for scaring the lizard. Thankfully, Edmond runs in to call Peppa's ass out for that, even though that was all on Mummy Pig. Mummy Pig's glad it ran off too; so that's a confession as far as I am concerned. Everyone comes together and Peppa offers to help find the lizard and Doctor Elephant claims that is exits stage right. Jump cut to the lizard behind a rock. Jump cut to Peppa, Emily and George looking for the lizard. Peppa invokes the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM...AGAIN~!

I don't think this is going to help them find the lizard, I think the lizard is as much a critic on bad singing as the giant rat from The Incredible Shrinking Molly. Doctor Elephant tells them to shut up basically, and of course Mummy and Daddy Pig find the lizard while shouting in the loudest manner possible. The lizard bails stage right and Doctor Elephant tries to tell them to basically get lost, and Peppa remembers that there is Suzy Sheep left, whom is Peppa's troll friend. So, the Pig family goes back to the airplane and hops in. Daddy Pig is flying now as he starts the engines and they go high in the sky, and just to complete the troll job: The Elephant family finds the lizard as Doctor Elephant tells his family to be quiet and of course the loud noise of the plane causes the lizard to bail stage right again. So, we head into the sky as it's time to cut to the South Pole with Suzy on the ice with no less than 31 penguins, so she might be starting an ice hockey team to counter the NHL version of the Penguins for all I know. Here's something that creeps me out: The show was fine with Danny Dog and Emily/Edmond Elephant having adults supervise them, but Pedro and Suzy don't have their guardians anywhere. Pedro is in the jungle and Suzy is at the South Pole and Suzy is wearing winter clothes that wouldn't protect her at the South Pole. On the other hand; she's more protected than the kids in Chargeman Ken, but still. And it's not like Pedro and Suzy don't have parents. Where is Mummy Sheep and Mrs. Pony? Or even Dr. Pony? This was really stupid. Suzy actually misses Peppa and here comes the airplane for a landing, and despite slipping a bit, it was otherwise a fine landing. Daddy Pig of course blows off the slippery state of ice, probably in the same way Jim Cornette wants warm ice. Oh; and Peppa jumps out to hug Suzy and she is wearing no winter coat whatsover and no sells the cold. WHAT THE HELL?! It's one thing to not wear proper protection, but at least sell that it's cold for Peppa sakes, Peppa! They do the short version of their secret handshake and then do the backsplash laugh, while no selling the cold.

Peppa gets up and sings the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM...AGAIN~...and still no sell the cold. It's snowing for Peppa sakes, Peppa! The penguins are not amused, one of them throws a snowball at Peppa's belly in the hopes that she starts selling cold. That didn't work as George is no selling the cold as well. No one is selling this at all, despite selling it in winter time in other episodes in places where it's no where as cold as the South Pole! This was so stupid. Time for home time as Suzy waves goodbye and the Pig family get into the plane and at least George overslipped a bit before getting into the plane. Mummy Pig is flying the plane this time and the plane takes off perfectly as the penguins do to the domino spot, which was the best thing about the Suzy segment. The family hopes that Miss Rabbit has mended the car as we jump cut to the boring road with Miss Peppa covered in oil and she has NOT mended the car and in fact thinks that the car has too much engine. So, the airplane lands as Miss Rabbit has the engine wiggling in her arms; and the Pig family all hop out. Peppa briefs Miss Rabbit on the situation and Miss Rabbit is glad that she filled the airplane engine with oil. The Pig family gets into their car and then we get the stupidest moment in the entire episode: Keep in mind, the engine is out of the car and there are hundreds of parts scattered across the road. There's no way this car is mended. Guess what happens: Miss Rabbit claims that there was too much engine that they didn't need; throws the rest of the engine away, pushes down the hood, Daddy Pig starts the car, the car actually starts and the Daddy Pig drives away stage right without further incident. WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!

I never thought that I would find something that was way more nonsenscial than Miss Rabbit having a F'N GIFT SHOP ON THE F'N MOON; but the writers somehow managed with this finish. This was a stupid finish and made negative sense! Geez, this episode is falling fast. So, Peppa and Daddy love their car; and of course they do since it the only one where an engine is actually DETMERTIAL to the car, instead of mandatory! So, the Pig family finally makes it to the park and they hop out with their boots on as Peppa points out the fatal flaw to those places another the world. If you cannot guess the final spot now, you have no business reading this rant. Yip, no muddy puddles! DING! Always works when in doubt. They find the muddy puddle and everyone starts the making earthquake ritual while singing one of my favorite songs from Peppa Pig actually. Lots of jumping in muddy puddles and muddy clothes ensues. The family laughs, the narrators says it all and the family does the backsplash laugh to end the episode at 14:30 approx. The first 11 minutes were pretty good and then it sank down fast as the whole South Pole thing was so stupid and we had a finish that made the Golden Boots finish look good. Once again, they can only book ten minutes or so of good stuff before the booking starts to get really too cute for it's own good and this is the result. *** (60%).

Opening Moment #1: Peppa Pig is literally in the desert with a cowboy hat and wearing her yellow boots for this opening. Everyone is wearing boots and cowboy hats here. Sadly, this opening was used in all four parts and considering how huge the deal was at the time; I would have thought that they would do four different openings: one regular, a Texas one (the one they used), a Canyon Country one and a Hollywood one with Peppa dressed up as broccoli. Oh well, let's move on shall we...?

America: Here is episode #317-#320 on the animation paper and episode opens at the little house on the hill as the background music is a remix version and sounds like it's Americanized. The title card has half blue/half red and apparently, the blue is on the left, the red is on the right and the red is the majority color. Talk about this show becoming Republican all of a sudden! So, the Pig family is in the sitting room watching the tele about a potato who is a superhero. Super Potato announces that his new movie is coming soon and you can win a trip to Hollywood, California to star in a cameo role in his new movie, Vegetables In Space! I think this is the most animated sequence in the television's history on this show as well. In order to win; you must find the GOLDEN TICKET OF STARY DOOM; which is basically the veggie version of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. Everyone teleports to the kitchen as Mummy Pig is cutting up veggies for a veggie soup. Peppa asks about the ticket and Mummy Pig is certain that they would have to be the luckest ones alive to find out. So, she cuts a potato in half and there is the golden stary ticket. Of course! If they couldn't find the ticket, the episode is over in a minute rather than the eighteen minute fest we are going to get here. As Pedro Pony would say: That's a super lucky golden ticket! They all exclaim that they are going to America, BABEE~! Good thing this was copyrighted in 2019; because this would have been far more problematic if the copyright was 2020 or even now. Jump cut to an airplane flown by Miss Rabbit of course. Mr. Wolf cameos here as the plane still looks like a submarine sandwich with wings. Oh, and the stars get front row seats behind the cockpit because Miss Rabbit doesn't know where America is, just to show how not so above it all Britian is. Of course! So, after the clouds clear and even Daddy Pig has a clue of where America is since it's big; Miss Rabbit literally has to ask avaition control if this is America. The male voice says "yes" and so Miss Rabbit lands the plane on the landing strip without further incident. Jump cut to outside the airport area with the Pig Family and Miss Rabbit. Suddenly, a yellow taxi appears and outs Miss Rabbit with an American accent!

Do you know what this means?! It means that there were dozens and dozens of Miss Rabbits working all these jobs despite having the same DNA all along. They killed the "Miss Rabbit has millions of jobs" gimmick dead and thank you show for finally doing that! It's still silly; but it's a lot more believable and I can finally breathe a sigh of relief for Miss Rabbit's well being now. She still should be the Queen of England though. Peppa Pig is selling this like she cannot believe this culture shock is happening to her. I can believe it and it ruled! So, Miss Apple Rabbit and the Pig family get into her taxi as AR informs them that this is not Hollywood, this is New York City, which in many ways is Hollywood East. So, we drive on a five lane highway and all in one direction I might add as it's time for the tour of New York City. The city that never sleeps; which was basically a lyric from Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York". Ironically, this term also applies to Chicago and Las Vegas in America. I should also note that in Frank Sinatra's song; he lists it as a requirement, so any city that has a 24-hour/7 days a week service would qualify for the term. AR sleeps at night though as she honks the horn. So, we see the tall buildings and Peppa Pig is awed by it. So, they stop at the Empire State Building and go through the main hall into the elevator. Now there is a logic break here: There were a few adults at the top of the building looking off. When the family and AR make it to the top; all of the adults are gone even though there is clearly only one elevator. Dumb! By the way, during the elevator sequence; Peppa asks if AR does all the jobs, AR changes her taxi gear for ice cream gear, gives them ice cream and basically states that she only does the important jobs. Which is apparently only three jobs. Good. Daddy Pig is closing his eyes because he's scared of heights as usual. By the way, they called the electronic binoculars, a giant telescope here as Peppa takes a peek at the Statue of Liberty; which Peppa thinks the legit torch (not flashlight like in Britian) is an ice cream cone. Cue right wing scre...oh wait, the right wing hate the Statue of Liberty, my mistake. Can you believe Peppa Pig pronounced the name better than Miss Apple Rabbit? So, everyone bails back to the taxi and Miss Apple Rabbit blows off Mr. Apple Lion who is delievering parcels in his trucks before driving away stage left. So, it's literally HAPPY HOUR and we get the auto tour of Times Square. Peppa is in awe of the pretty lights.

Ben & Holly make another cameo despite their show ending years ago. There are lots of lightbulbs and it's the lightbublest square in all of the world. I can believe that; power consumpation must be murder in these parts. Then Peppa notices on one of the big screens that Super Potato is flying in the sky; and declares to Miss Apple Rabbit that she is appearing in his new movie. And this promo alone introduces Mr. Hashbrown, who is so square he might as well be boring. Miss Apple Rabbit is shocked at this and informs them that she cannot personally take them there, but she changes into her fourth job which is to be an mobile home rental clerk and gives them the keys to a motor home; which means that they have been in a motor home and a camper van in the same series. Lovely! Miss American Rabbit has a crush on Mr. Hashbrown; but she cannot come because she is a forewoman on a construction site. Yes, the gimmick is that she switches hats to change jobs, why do you ask? So, everyone gets into the motorhome as they all are sleepy. They put the curtains up and they sleep right in the middle of the road with cars honking to end part one at 4:30 approx. This was quite a mess of logic breaks, but I'm happy that the Miss Rabbit joke is officially dead and all is right with the Peppa Pig world. *** 3/4 (75%). Now I would think that the next episode would return to New York and such; however...

The Diner: We open the episode on an boring American road with the motor home being driven by Daddy Pig on the right side of the road, both ways! That is one whiplashing jump cut there guys! There is a billboard in the background featuring Super Potato and Mr. Hashbrown. There is also a billboard for a diner as well; as the narrator sums up a motor home. Sadly, there is no talking GPS in this one. So, they stop at a diner, which doubles as a gas station. There is a green rocking chair with Miss Texas Rabbit playing the guitar, so she's rocking in more ways than one. TR also has a clear southern accent as she points out that the Pig family is a long ways away from Hollywood; but offers them to stay for some breakfast. The Pig family is happy about this. Now, there is no way this would have been 100% accurate with real life, because TR doesn't have a gun on her person, but whatever. They are anthros; it wasn't going to be 100% real anyway. Everyone heads into the diner as Miss Texas Rabbit goes behind the counter to the grill to grill eggs while invoking the TEDDY RUXPIN SONG OF DOOM about them eggs overeasy. I don't like eggs per se; but I loved this song and the explaination that goes with it, so this was a win, sort of. Daddy Pig wants to sit back and sleep; which is doing something. However, TR cuts them off because it's time for some country dancing. Oh, this is going to be fun to mock, I assure thee. There is a band headed by Bob Bobcat; so Bob joins Gigi as the only two anthro adults in this show with real names and not titles. Basically, it's a violin, bass and banjo as Bob Bobcat is calling the square dancing of doom. There is a lot of DUBBED ANIME STYLE singing in this song as the whole thing is taking place in a barn with everyone square dancing. Mr. Sloth Bear comes in and gives the family cowboy hats . Square dancing ensues, the Pig family does a decent job of dancing considering that this is their first time doing it. I wonder if Pedro was giving Peppa pointers in Britian? And then comes the greatest part of this entire trip to America: Miss Texas Rabbit asks Peppa to call a square dance and she accepts. This is total trainwreck television and it was great! Peppa calling a square dance while singing off key just makes this so funny to watch. Even funnier is George shouting "dinesaur" and growling accents the chaos even more.

Also; the dancers all do the dinesaur growl on command and without prompting, the dancers all do the backsplash laugh in stereo. Nothing in this entire trip is going to top that one! The violin player is amazed by all this; but then an anthro in overalls and a helmet runs in and blows off the noise; because they want to hear their monster trucks. Yup, this is Texas, go big or go home as they say! Peppa sums up a monster truck perfectly and I cannot do the description justice here! So, the two monster trucks are ready to jump off a ramp and over a giant muddy puddle. I also discover that the guy complaining about the noise is Mr. Coyote as he jumps over the muddy puddle with ease. The crowd pops for him, dust flies, slow claps ensue. Daddy Pig thinks this is fun, so the toxic masulicinity has taken over and he climbs into the monster truck with ease and then realizes that he screwed himself, because he though he's lower than usual, he's still afraid of heights. How he managed to get over in an airplane without fear is mind blogging to me. Daddy Pig clearly is driving way too slow, despite Mummy Pig pointing out the obvious to us and Daddy Pig jumps over the ramp and into the muddy puddle and somehow in Eddie Gurerro fashion the hydrolics force the monster truck to literally jump up and down in muddy puddles. Awesome! And the second this happens, Daddy is having the time of his life and has stopped selling his fear of heights. Peppa then dares Mummy Pig to do this and she backs out because they are going to Hollywood and Miss Texas Rabbit is shocked to hear that, despite the fact that they told her this from the start of the episode! That was dumb. Daddy Pig mentions that they are starring in a new film with Super Potato and Mr. Hashbrown while somehow covered in mud, despite not being in the mud at all. This American logic is so silly. Also, Miss Texas Rabbit has a crush on Mr. Hashbrown; but she cannot come to Hollywood with them. Sigh. Jump cut to the front of the diner as Miss Texas Rabbit is sweeping the front with a broom while the Pig Family is in the motor home on the boring road. Both sides say their goodbyes as Daddy Pig drives the motor home out west complete with banjo music to end part two at 4:30 approx. I loved this episode and it's all downhill from here. Nothing tops Daddy Pig in a monster truck and Peppa calling a square dance with George as her second. **** 1/2 (90%).

Canyon Country: This episode opens on a boring road with hayrolls and rock mountains in the background as Mummy Pig is now driving the motor house as they make jokes on canyon country making like being on the moon. Daddy Pig is on map reading duty and he is using the same British map that is upside down like in every episode that it is in. Before he declares themselves lost, the motor home stops due to digging up the road by Mr. Buffalo, who is basically the Americanized Mr. Bull. Do I smell a spin-off to this series? Why not?! It's been 17 years since this show debuted and you need to milk it for all it's worth. Why not do an American version of Peppa Pig and see if it can pop a number?! Mr. Buffalo tells them it's the desert when Daddy Pig walks out, however; it used to be the sea. Mr. Buffalo is more educated than I thought was possible in that portion of America. He missed his calling as a teacher. Peppa and George notice seashells on the sand as Mr. Buffalo really milks this history so much that he could be Grampy Buffalo for all I know. So, Mr. Buffalo points west to indicate the direction and we jump cut back to the motor home driving west on the boring road; and of course the narrator decides to milk this because that is the running gag for this episode. Peppa asks if they are there, Mummy Pig says no because America is a big country and could go on forever. Considering that Canada doesn't exist in this world as per International Day; I wouldn't be surprised if Canada is considered the 51st state in this world. Mr. Bison then orders the motor home to stop and Peppa thinks he's Mr. Buffalo. Mr. Bison (no relation to the dictator from Street Fighter II; since Master Bison is not an anthroed bison) corrects her nicely of course as there is no digging up the road; he's just there to reveal a canyon. Of course! I guess a bridge is being planned here since Americans have no respect for nature. Allegedly. It's 277 miles long, 18 miles wide (which is silly since we shouldn't see the western side of the canyon cliff if that were true) and one mile deep (which is silly since we shouldn't see the bottom of the canyon if that were true). Mr. Bison's calculation sound suspect to me, although he admits that a river made that canyon and not his digging at all. That sounds very Canadian to me.

Oh, and out of nowhere and much more believable than a gift shop on the moon; there is an information booth with Miss Canyon Rabbit. She's wearing a blue baseball cap with the canyon on the front and apparently, it is sold at the booth as well. So, it's time for the tour, which means everyone into the blue helicopter with yellow props! The helicopter flies around the canyon area for a while as Mr. Dinesaur has in fact made the trip for the first time, shown by George after CR mentions dinosaurs in her promo about the canyons. No dinosaurs exists anymore; but we finally get the appearance of the American bird; the bald eagle, three and a half episodes into the special. So, then we head to a rapid river containing an inflatable raft which somehow doesn't move despite the rapid river. The helicopter goes above the raft and out comes a rope ladder. Yes, the Pig family is going to climb down into this raft instead of landing the helicopter and getting in the raft from the shoreline, why do you ask?! Even Mummy Pig is questionning this; so you know this is BS. Everyone except CR climbs onto the raft and somehow the raft doesn't move at all. Wowl; this river is so fake. CR tells them to go with the flow and it's time for the most subdued white water rafting sequence you ever did see, and Daddy Pig really oversells this as the most frightening thing he has ever done. The raft bounces for a while until it hits sand and Peppa of course loved every second of it, just to troll Daddy Pig some more. Daddy Pig is not thrilled as we see a cave and the family enters in. Daddy Pig enters claiming that they might be the first to enter this cav...oh wait, there's CR's information booth with gift shop and ice cream. Of course! Denizens are inside the area as CR uses her flashlight to show off cave drawings of the people who used to live there; which I hope the people who lived there gave premission to allow this to happen; since this is creepy otherwise. This is safely the low point of the American trip. They see images of the eagle again as everyone walks out since the tour is over. CR asks where they are going and Mummy Pig proclaims that they are off to Hollywood to star in a movie with Super Potato and Mr. Hashbrown; and CR is also a fan of Mr. Hashbrown. For a guy who has zero history on this show; he's popular with the American women audience. Maybe a spin-off show would flesh out these characters a lot more. It's not like Nick doesn't have a lot of money riding on Peppa Pig anyway. Peppa asks CR to come, CR declines as the Pig Family goes back into their motor home and they drive west on the canyon road to Hollywood to end part three at 4:30 approx. Outside of the cave thing, this was perfectly fine. ** 1/2 (50%).

Hollywood: We conclude this four part special on a tropical version of the same road they were in New York City; as Peppa asks if they are there yet and Daddy Pig doesn't know, so he decides to look at the map...AGAIN! For Peppa sakes, let Peppa read the map! She might actually learn geography for a change. So, instead of Daddy Pig driving towards the shoulder of the road and stopping to get the map, or letting Mummy Pig get the map and read it for Daddy Pig: Daddy Pig stops IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD and causes a massive bottleneck in traffic. I just love how this prevents everyone in DIFFERENT LANES from progressing...oh wait, here comes the BAD EPISODE POLICE~! It's Miss Rabbit in a police uniform and on a motorcycle. I hope Peppa says "My Daddy's a criminal!" just to make the whole thing complete. So, Miss Police Rabbit is issuing a ticket to Daddy Pig because he stopped on a freeway that is not considered an emergency and Peppa calls it an emergency because they are going to Hollywood and Daddy Pig is asking for direction. PR basically is like "Oh, that's all right then" and gives them directions, including making sure they understand that the stars are on the ground. The Hollywood Walk of Fame, everyone! So, Daddy Pig is free to go and we head to Hollywood, Califor-IA as we see a cameo of the same guy from the Australian holiday special where he got his windows broken from a boomerang! George finds the sidewalk where the stars are, as they are the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Peppa then finally finds Super Potato, totally in character floating around as the photographers surrounding him are taking pictures. Mr. Hashbrown finally jumps in and makes his debut in the flesh and his voice is as square as his body, making Peppa look like a much bigger star than he is. Peppa finally walks in with the family as Mummy Pig shows off the ticket and I'm shocked that they didn't do ONE SINGLE ANGLE of that ticket being lost. Seriously! So, Super Potato and Mr. Hashbrown lead the family into the studio and act like they never met each other despite the fact that in storyline, Super Potato is a real super hero despite being a movie star. So, they make it on the set; which is the moon theme by the way.

Peppa is happy about this as Super Potato calls for the costumes and four adults with headphones in dress up the family in broccoli outfits complete with the "Wah-wah" sound effect. Why? It's called "Vegetables In Space!" and the two leads are anthro veggies, sort of. What did anyone expect?! Also of note: Mrs. Cat, Mrs. Wolf and Mrs. Fox are clearly dressing them up, so the character designers are running out of ideas for palette swaps at this point. Thankfully, the family stops selling this as Peppa and George are just glad to be there. Seriously, I was glad I was a part of Christmas Daddies in 1982 when I made my only real TV appearance and all I had to do was look good and nothing else, because I was five years old and didn't know any better. They are amused by this as they exchange notes and then Super Potato orders them to not talk on the set, while talking on the set! Peppa's eye contact violence told a better story than anything in this movie. As in "you are a hypocrite"! That was great. So, Super Potato does the start-up sequence for the movie and we jump cut to inside the cockpit of the spaceship where the family, Mr. Hashbrown and Super Potato are sitting. Super Potato cuts his promo while the scene is being attacked by a bunch of carrots which are considered naughty according to the hypocritical superhero. Wink! Wink! Nudge! Nudge! Hashbrown literally talks and shines his teeth to the crowd as Daddy Pig asks what the family is doing in this role and Super Potato tells them that they are the "heat machine" of this outfit. They don't do anything but cheer and pop on everything Super Potato does. Mummy Pig then asks how they will save the day and Super Potato is so stupid that he forgot to write an actual script for his own promos in how to save the day. So, the carrots continues to pelt the spaceship as Super Potato and Mr. Hashbrown declare that universe will be destroyed as Peppa suggests eating the carrots. When Peppa Pig, the five year old, has more sense than you; it's time to retire. Still, there are too many carrots and the universe is doomed....and then a door opens and it's Miss Police Rabbit walking in as all the carrots stop and the space ship lands. Everyone gets out as Miss Police Rabbit informs Mr. Hashbrown that there are some fans waiting to see him. I don't get the appeal of Mr. Hashbrown; he's a square dood with a square voice. Only squares will appeal to him and the Miss Rabbits of America aren't his audience.

Still; in comes the Miss Rabbits of America and they basically love Mr. Hashbrown and it's a total burial of Super Potato and even Super Potato knows it. Shine teeth shown as Super Potato stammers like an idiot and asks if they want to save the universe from the naughty carrots and it's time to eat up. As I mentioned; if they weren't anthroed, this would piss me off like Peppa feeding legit ducks with bread. At least when Dewey fed the seagulls in Ducktales 2017, Penny looked gravely offended by this. Oh, and look who joins in: the original Miss Rabbit who somehow has made it to Hollywood despite not knowing what America is! Damn, she learned the country faster than I could. Super Potato declares that the universe is saved despite doing less than nothing...AND THE ROCK SAYS NOTHING~! Even Mr. Hashbrown showed off his teeth and Peppa and George ate carrots. Everyone pops anyway, because Super Potato is somehow a bigger star than Peppa Pig in America. Or Super Potato somehow has a firearm none of us actually sees. Super Potato defers to Peppa for the idea and Peppa defers the eating to all the Miss Rabbits who are as humble as Canadians. Miss Rabbit puts on the pilot cap and it's home time, which Peppa is not amused by. So, everyone says their goodbyes and we head into the sky as the plane Miss Rabbit is flying is headed east; and it might as well be the same sequence as the beginning, only mirrored. George is the only one wearing his broccoli costume and everyone else is wearing cowboy hats. Why? I have no idea. Miss Rabbit asks if they had a great time and Peppa agrees with that because she thought the entire trip was great. Outside of the cave scene, this was a great trip all things considered. The narrator sums up the trip to end the episode at 4:30 approx. If I'm Mr. Hashbrown, I would get as far away from Super Potato and break out as a real star. Superhero movies as the sidekick will only take you so far. This episode was fun. *** 1/2 (70%).

Hop, Skip, Jump!: Finally, here is episode #321 on the animation paper as episode opens at the little house on the hill as the back door is already open and out comes Peppa and George running down the hill as the chase is on. Peppa taunts George as in comes Rebecca on her bicycle. She takes off her helmet and she has her boots on as well as Peppa and George. If you cannot guess the final spot now...you guessed it. The pigs run around the rabbit for a while as Rebecca is confused. Rebecca asks if they can hop and Peppa jumps on both legs; so it isn't hopping, since hopping is jumping on one foot. Okay, good to see the nuance of this show flowing through my veins. No, not really. Peppa starts hopping, George starts hopping and gets it right the first time. In comes Suzy Sheep on her bicycle and she takes off her helmet and has her boots on. The kids exchange notes for a while as Suzy asks if they can skip. If the answer include: As good as Toadworth; the answer is a resounding no. Not even Kit Cloudkicker could pull that off and come off as believable. The kids try; but it's called funny running according to Suzy; because you see, skipping is hopping on one leg and then other, rinse, lather repeat. So, everyone skips as George teases not being able to skip and then skips with ease. There is height, length and quickness in those skips. In comes Pedro F'N Pony on his bicycle and he takes off his helmet and has boots on. The kids exchange notes for a while and it's time for jumping; which apparently completes the cycle of life and Pedro dares them to do all three at once. The kids sells it like this was the most mindblowing thing ever. Peppa's first attempts lands her sitting on her ass and calls it impossible. It's just doesn't have the panche that Harley Bird had sadly. So, everyone tries the Hop, Skip, Jump and they screw it up so badly that Pedro is the smartest guy in the room. Of course! So, Pedro demonstrates the Hop, Skip, Jump, repeat again. And he starts singing as this was awkward. The kids finally get it right this time and their singing was better than Pedro's. The kids find muddy puddles and do their new routine in them, remembering to add sound effects in the process. The kids love it as they do the routine and get their clothes dirty while the narrator says it all to end the episode at 4:15. Just your average muddy puddle love in. *** (60%).

THE REVIEW LINE

Well, I finally finished all of the Harley Bird episode with Around The World With Peppa, that was really special and then fell flat near the end when they did way too much stupidity for me to take. Yes, somehow; Miss Rabbit found a way to make everyone creating this show look even dumber than setting up a gift shop on the moon. And Peppa being at the South Pole was on a level even Chargeman Ken couldn't pull off. Ponder that for a moment and despair! Hop, Skip and Jump was just there. The trip to America was good, although Canyon Country was a low point due to the caves segment. Hollywood was fun and the Diner was awesome as Peppa calling a square dance and Daddy Pig literally making a monster truck jump up and down in Muddy Puddles made the entire trip worth it. Overall, a really good set of episodes this time around. Next up is a two parter featuring the Grandparents, Peppa and George going to the seaside on a motorbike while defending Grandpa Pig's fruit from evil birds! Then there is a lot of winking and some other episode I cannot think of at the moment as none of the episodes are on Nick yet. I saw them on YTV Treehouse though. So...

Thumbs up for The Diner, thumbs in the middle for the rest, and I'll see you all next time.

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