Brennan, my almost five year old son, for whatever reason has discovered and fallen in love with Strawberry Shortcake. Watching him enjoying movies and TV shows that I loved as a child has been so much fun, however, I have a big bone to pick with all of these updated characters.
Let's look at the Strawberry Shortcake that I knew and loved. I loved her so much that I bought my mom a Strawberry Shortcake video tape for her birthday when I was four years old. (Okay when I say, "I bought" I meant my dad bought.) Now, she's "updated" and, well, really pretty! What about the younger looking Strawberry who was more like me as I was a child? I don't have any qualms with bringing back classic TV characters but why do we have to update them? Then, I found My Little Pony on our Netflix queue. I loved My Little Pony so much! The fun hair, that pony smell the toys had when you opened their package; ah I loved everything about them. The updated version looks so different! I'm not even sure what the premise is for the show now and to be honest I didn't really know what the original My Little Pony story was because I was more into the toys than the TV show.

I’m glad they made Strawberry Shortcake look less like a doll. My only problem with the Strawberry Shortcake update is that, like every other character for girls, I think they made her too thin. But the Ponies…they were totally fine how they were—I don’t know why they changed them!
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were my favorite… and now they just look creepy. :(
I agree that Daniel Tiger is a pretty good interpretation of the Mr. Roger’s world (still respecting the lessons, while not trying to replicate it exactly). I hate how all girl characters look like Bratz dolls these days. We stick with PBS kids stuff because I can’t stand how all cartoons are just commercials for toys.
Nothing about the updated and older Dora?
I love watching shows with my daughter that I watched as a child too! It brings me back to my childhood :)
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